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Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

216923  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216923)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Naticoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Naticidae (Family)
  9. Polinicinae (Subfamily)
  10. Polinices (Genus)
  11. Polinices mammilla (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 776-777 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216923 on 2026-04-15
Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216923 on 2026-04-15
Date
action
by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-13 19:02:27Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2026-01-12 14:40:10Z
changed
Nielsen, Sven

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 776-777 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Huelsken T., Tapken D., Dahlmann T., Wägele H., Riginos C. & Hollmann M. (2012) Systematics and phylogenetic species delimitation within <i>Polinices s.l.</i> (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae) based on molecular data and shell morphology. <i>Organisms, Diversity & Evolution</i> 12: 349-375. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-012-0111-5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zhang S.-P. [Suping]. (2016). <i>Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata 56. Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombacea and Naticacea</i>. Beijing: Science Press. 317 pp., 10 pls. [details] 

additional source Saito, H. (2017). Family Naticidae. Pp. 858-866, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details] 

additional source Kiel, S.; Espi, J.; Tai, L.; Zuschin, M.; Hautmann, M. (2025). Paleontology of the Early Pliocene Kairuku Limestone of Yule Island, Papua New Guinea - Part 1: Introduction, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of Geosciences.</em> 100(3): 271-318., available online at http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/contents/art1941
page(s): 289, fig. 14D-F; note: Pliocene fossils [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] 

additional source Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. <i>Zoologische Mededelingen</i> 73(25): 345-380., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/216182/ZM73_345-380.pdf [details] 

additional source Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. <em>Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum.</em> 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polinices mammilla) 
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 13 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, Queensland, Port Douglas, Four Mile B... 
To Malacopics (Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, collected 1975, ex coll. F.J.A. Sli... 
To Malacopics (Polinices mammilla (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban Bay, on sand... 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
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