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Pleuroploca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Fasciolariidae

Scientific name
  
Pleuroploca persica

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Buccinoidea

Subfamily
  
Fasciolariinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Pleuroploca trapezium, Triplofusus giganteus, Fasciolariidae, Fasciolaria, Filifusus filamentosus

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Pleuroploca is a genus of very large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera.

Contents

Adult horse conch pleuroploca gigantea largest marine snail in western hemisphere


Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Pleuroplaca :

  • Pleuroploca audouini (Jonas, 1846)
  • Pleuroploca clava (Jonas, 1846)
  • Pleuroploca granosa (Broderip, 1832)
  • Pleuroploca lischkeana (Dunker, 1863)
  • Pleuroploca lyonsi Bozzetti, 2008
  • Pleuroploca ponderosa (Jonas, 1850)
  • Pleuroploca purpurea (Jonas, 1849)
  • Pleuroploca trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Pleuroploca acutispsira (Strebel, 1911): synonym of Triplofusus princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Pleuroploca altimasta Iredale, 1930: synonym of Filifusus altimasta (Iredale, 1930)
  • Pleuroploca aurantiaca (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Aurantilaria aurantiaca (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Pleuroploca australasia (Perry, 1811): synonym of Australaria australasia (Perry, 1811)
  • Pleuroploca buxeus (Reeve, 1847):: synonym of Viridifusus buxeus (Reeve, 1847)
  • Pleuroploca eucla Cotton, 1953: synonym of Australaria eucla (Cotton, 1953)
  • Pleuroploca filamentosa (Röding, 1798):: synonym of Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798)
  • Pleuroploca gigantea now recognized as Triplofusus giganteus (Kiener, 1840)
  • Pleuroploca glabra (Dunker, 1882): synonym of Filifusus glaber (Dunker, 1882)
  • Pleuroploca granulilabris Vermeij & Snyder, 2004:: synonym of Leucozonia granulilabris (Vermeij & Snyder, 2004)
  • Pleuroploca heynemanni (Dunker, 1870): synonym of Kilburnia heynemanni (Dunker, 1870)
  • Pleuroploca lugubris (A. Adams & Reeve in Reeve, 1847):: synonym of Lugubrilaria lugubris (A. Adams & Reeve, 1847)
  • Pleuroploca manuelae Bozzetti, 2008: synonym of Filifusus manuelae (Bozzetti, 2008)
  • Pleuroploca princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825):: synonym of Triplofusus princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • Pleuroploca salmo (Wood, 1828):: synonym of Granolaria salmo (Wood, 1828)
  • Pleuroploca scholvieni (Strebel, 1911):: synonym of Kilburnia scholvieni (Strebel, 1911)
  • Pleuroploca wattersae (Kilburn, 1974):: synonym of Africolaria wattersae (Kilburn, 1974)

    • References

    Pleuroploca Wikipedia
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