''Pascula'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Muricidae
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, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pascula'' include:
* ''
Pascula citrica''
(Dall, 1908)
* ''
Pascula darrosensis''
(E.A. Smith, 1884)
* ''
Pascula muricata''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Pascula ochrostoma''
(Blainville, 1832)
* ''
Pascula ozenneana''
(Crosse, 1861)
* ''
Pascula palmeri''
(Powell, 1967)
* ''
Pascula philpoppei''
Houart, 2018
* ''
Pascula rufonotata''
(Carpenter, 1864)
* ''
Pascula submissa''
(E. A. Smith, 1903)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pascula ambonensis'' Houart, 1996: synonym of ''
Cytharomorula ambonensis'' (Houart, 1996)
* ''Pascula ferruginosa''
Reeve, 1846: synonym of ''
Claremontiella nodulosa''
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
* ''Pascula lefevreiana'' (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880):
synonym of ''
Cytharomorula lefevreiana'' (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
References
* Houart, R.: Zuccon, D. & Puillandre, N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52.
External links
Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22Radwin G. & D'Attilio A. (1972). The systematics of some New World muricid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda), with description of two new genera and two new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 85(28): 323-352
Ergalataxinae
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