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Moon Snail

Polinices Montfort 1810

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Polinices Montfort 1810
Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Polinices
Genus recognized by Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Femorale, Indian Ocean Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Red Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Gulf of California Species List, South China Sea Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Sudan Species List, Turkey Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Yemen Species List, Taiwan Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niue, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Portugal Species List, Samoa Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Java Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, Mexico Species List, Mozambique Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, Estonia Species List, Fiji Species List, Ecuador Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Haiti Species List, Indonesia Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Barbados Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Chile Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Cocos Islands, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Argentina Species List, Austria Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Australia Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, Denmark Species List, India Species List, Oman Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Russia Species List, Egypt Species List, Grenada Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, Panama Species List, Wikidata, Shelled animal body mass, United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons
Polinices
Superfamily recognized by Protists in Singapore
Polinices Montfort 1810
Polinices Montfort 1810
Polinices subgen. Polinices
Subgenus recognized by PBDB in DwCA

Alternative Names

Eucaryum Ehrenberg 1831
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Mamma H. Adams & A. Adams 1853
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Natica subgen. Mamma H. Adams & A. Adams 1853
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Natica subgen. Polinices Montfort 1810
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Uba
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Natica comitalis Oppenheim 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Natica perspicua Récluz 1850
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Natica Scopoli, 1777)
Natica pulchella Sacco 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Natica pulchella Piette, 1855)
Naticina obliqita Gabb 1864
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polinices stephensoni Wade 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polinices umbilica Wade 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Albula
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Dallitesta
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Eucaryorum
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Mamma
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Natica subgen. Mamma
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Natica subgen. Polinices
Obsolete variant according to PBDB in DwCA
Natica subgen. Polynices
Obsolete variant according to PBDB in DwCA
Naticella
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Polinices subgen. Dallitesta
Subjective synonym according to PBDB in DwCA
Polynices
Misspelling according to PBDB in DwCA

Common Names

English

moon snail preferred
Recognized by PBDB in DwCA

Chinese

無臍玉螺屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

トミガイ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Zh Hans

无脐玉螺属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

無臍玉螺屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

無臍玉螺屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Polinices Montfort 1810

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Gastropoda Cuvier 1795
Caenogastropoda Cox 1960
Littorinimorpha Golikov & Starobogatov 1975
Naticoidea Guilding 1834
Naticidae Guilding 1834
Polinicinae Gray 1847
Polinices Montfort 1810 (this page)