Pleuroploca

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.[2]

Pleuroploca
Five views of a shell of Pleuroploca trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Fasciolariinae
Genus:
Pleuroploca

Type species
Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]

Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) P. Fischer, 1884

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Pleuroplaca :[3]

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 papillosus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
  • 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
  1. Fischer P. (1884). Man. Conch.: 616.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Pleuroploca P. Fischer, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204742 on 2012-08-25
  3. WoRMS : Pleuroplaca; accession date : 10 September 2010


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