Glossaulax

Glossaulax is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[2]

Glossaulax
Glossaulax didyma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Glossaulax

Type species
Natica reclusiana Deshayes, 1839

Species
  • Glossaulax draconis (Dall, 1903)
  • Glossaulax epheba (Hedley, 1915)
  • Glossaulax petiveriana (Récluz, 1843)
  • Glossaulax reiniana (Dunker, 1877)
  • Glossaulax vesicalis (Philippi, 1849)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Glossaulax aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909): synonym of Neverita aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909)
  • Glossaulax didyma (Röding, 1798): synonym of Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)
  • Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839): synonym of Neverita reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)

Feeding habits

As is true of all naticid genera, species in this genus are carnivorous and predatory.

References
  1. Pilsbry H. A. (1929). Nautilus 42: 113.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570170 on 2012-05-30
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.


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