''Pugilina'' is a
genus
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of large
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Melongenidae
The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Buccinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melongenidae Gill, 1871 (1854). Accessed through: Worl ...
, the crown conches and their allies.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Pugilina Schumacher, 1817. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224383 on 2015-12-02]
Species
Species within the genus ''Pugilina'' include:
* ''Pugilina elongata nhatrangensis''
Thach, 2018 (parent: ''
Brunneifusus ternatanus''
(Gmelin, 1791))
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pugilina elongata nhatrangensis Thach, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304395 on 2022-03-03]
* † ''
Pugilina erecta''
Vermeij & Raven, 2009
* † ''
Pugilina katalinae''
Kovács & Vicián, 2016
* ''
Pugilina morio''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* † ''
Pugilina paraguanensis''
Landau & Vermeij, 2013
* ''
Pugilina tupiniquim''
Abbate & Simone, 2015
;Species brought into synonymy:
* Subgenus ''Pugilina (Hemifusus)''
Swainson, 1840: synonym of ''
Hemifusus
''Hemifusus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.
Description
The type description of genus ''Hemifusus'' by English malacologist William John Swainson
Willi ...
''
Swainson, 1840
* ''Pugilina carnaria''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''
Volegalea carnaria''
(Röding, 1798)
* ''Pugilina cochlidium''
(Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of ''
Volegalea cochlidium''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Pugilina colosseus''
Lamarck, 1816: synonym of ''
Hemifusus colosseus''
(Lamarck, 1816)
* ''Pugilina crassicaudus''
Philippi, 1849: synonym of ''
Hemifusus crassicauda''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''Pugilina dirki''
Nolf, 2007: synonym of ''
Volegalea dirki''
(Nolf, 2007)
* ''Pugilina kawamurai'': synonym of ''
Hemifusus kawamurai''
T. Kira, 1965
* ''Pugilina laevis''
Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''
Volema pyrum
''Volema pyrum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae
The Melongenidae, the crown conchs and their relatives, are a taxonomic family of large to very large marine gastropods in the superfamily Bu ...
''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Pugilina pugilina''
(Born, 1778): synonym of ''
Volegalea cochlidium''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Pugilina ternatanus''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''Hemifusus ternatanus''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''
Brunneifusus ternatanus''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Pugilina tuba'' Gmelin, 1791: synonym of ''
Hemifusus tuba''
(Gmelin, 1791)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
External links
*
Melongenidae
{{Melongenidae-stub