Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Rank Genus | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Turbinidae | |
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Similar Pomaulax gibberosus, Lithopoma, Lithopoma tuber, Lithopoma caelatum, Lithopoma americanum | ||
Pomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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Description
The large, solid, imperforate shell has a conic shape. The periphery is carinated. The base of the shell is fkattened. The umbilical tract shows a strong curved rib. The ; operculum is obovate, narrower toward the proximal extremity. Its nucleus is terminal, its outside with four strong granulose ribs radiating from the nucleus.
Species
Species within the genus Pomaulax include:
References
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