Pugilina is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[2]

Pugilina
Five views of a shell of Pugilina morio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Pugilina
Schumacher, 1817[1]
Type species
Murex morio Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Cassidulus Gray, 1854 (invalid: junior homonym of Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801 [Echinodermata])

Species edit

Species within the genus Pugilina include:

Species brought into synonymy

References edit

  1. ^ Schumacher (1817). Ess. Vers test. 65: 216.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Pugilina Schumacher, 1817. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224383 on 2015-12-02
  3. ^ Thach, N. N. (2018). New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies. 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. 173 pp.
  4. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pugilina elongata nhatrangensis Thach, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304395 on 2022-03-03
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

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