African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Polinicinae J. E. Gray, 1847

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Polinicinae J. E. Gray, 1847

AphiaID

224937 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224937)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Type taxon

Polinices Montfort, 1810 (type by original designation)

Parent

Naticidae Guilding, 1834

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Genus Bulbus T. Brown, 1839
Genus Euspira Agassiz, 1837
Genus Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929
Genus Mammilla Schumacher, 1817
Genus Neverita Risso, 1826
Genus Payraudeautia Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
Genus Polinices Montfort, 1810
Genus Lunatia J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Euspira Agassiz, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Mamilla [sic] accepted as Mammilla Schumacher, 1817 (incorrect spelling of generic name)
Genus Polynices Herrmannsen, 1847 accepted as Polinices Montfort, 1810 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Polinices)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polinicinae J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224937 on 2026-07-26

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Polinicinae J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224937 on 2026-07-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-20 08:13:00Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2011-10-24 14:39:52Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-11-18 08:40:49Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2023-10-26 15:34:18Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 149 [details]

taxonomy source Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors

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