Milk Moonsnail
Polinices lacteus
Classification
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Naticidae
Polinices is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, commonly known as moon snails. Species Species within the genus Polinices include: Species brought into synonymy Polinices agujanus Dall, 1908: synonym of Lunatia agujana (Dall, 1908) Polinices albus Montfort, 1810: synonym of Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Polinices alderi (Forbes, 1838): synonym of Euspira pulchella (Risso, 1826) Polinices aulacoglossa Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909: synonym of Glossaulax aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909) Polinices bahamensis…
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Polinices es un género de caracoles marinos depredarores. Se trata de moluscos gasterópodos de la familia Naticidae, conocidos como caracoles luna. Sus conchas son grandes y sólidas, normalmente de color blanco brillante y aspecto de porcelana.
Distribution
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