''Pomaulax gibberosus'', common name the red turban, is a

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of medium-sized to large sea snail with a

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operculum, a marine gastropod

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in the family

Turbinidae Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies ...

, the turban snails.Bouchet, P. (2011). Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581670 on 2011-11-09

Distribution

This species lives in the Eastern

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, from

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, to

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. File:Lithopoma gibberosa.jpg, ''Pomaulax gibberosus'', the

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encrusted with the red

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Lithothamnion ''Lithothamnion'' is a genus of thalloid red alga comprising 103 species. Its members are known by a number of common names.Recorded common names are griuán, maërl, punalevä-suku, stenhinna and maerl. The monomerous, crustose thalli are compos ...

'' File:Lithopoma gibberosa 2.jpg, ''Pomaulax gibberosus'' File:Lithopoma gibberosa 1.jpg, A live specimen of ''Pomaulax gibberosus''

References

* Noodt J. (1819) Museum Boltenianum: Verzeichnis der von dem gestorbenen J.F. Bolten... hinterlassenen vortrefflichen Sammlung Conchylien, Mineralien und Kunstsachen die am 26. April d.J., Morgens um 10 Uhr öffentlich verkauft werden sollen durch den Makler J. Noodt. Conrad Müller, Hamburg * Philippi R.A. 1846. ''Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum.'' Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1846(7): 97-106

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Philippi R.A. 1846. Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1846(7): 97-106

Dall W.H. (1919). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56: 293-371
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pomaulax gibberosus gibberosus Gastropods described in 1817 Taxa named by Lewis Weston Dillwyn

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