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]
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| Shell of Pleuroploca lyonsi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Pleuroploca P. Fischer, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
| Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) P. Fischer, 1884 | |
Species
editAccording to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Pleuroplaca :[3]
- Pleuroploca abbasi Thach, 2021
- Pleuroploca audouini (Jonas, 1846)
- Pleuroploca clava (Jonas, 1846)
- Pleuroploca effendyi Dharma, 2021
- 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 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
edit- ^ Fischer P. (1884). Man. Conch.: 616.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ WoRMS : Pleuroplaca; accession date : 10 September 2010
- Snyder, M.A. (2003) Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Special Publication, 21, iii + 1–431
- Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70.
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