Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Naticoidea > Family Naticidae > Subfamily Polinicinae

Polinices Montfort, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Mamma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 synonym
Naticina Guilding, 1834 synonym
Polynices Herrmannsen, 1847 synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: トミガイ属

Literature

original description

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)].

status source

Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within Polinices s.l. (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 12: 349-375.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Polinices Montfort, 1810. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147109

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-04-21 by Bruce Marshall

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