Glossaulax Explained

Glossaulax is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

Species

• Glossaulax draconis (Dall, 1903)
• Glossaulax epheba (Hedley, 1915)
• Glossaulax petiveriana (Récluz, 1843)
• Glossaulax reclusiana (Deshayes, 1839)
• Glossaulax reiniana (Dunker, 1877)
• † Glossaulax secunda (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) - extinct^[2]
• Glossaulax vesicalis (Philippi, 1849)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Glossaulax aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909): synonym of Neverita aulacoglossa (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1909)
• Glossaulax bicolor (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Glossaulax petiveriana (Récluz, 1843)
• Glossaulax didyma (Röding, 1798): synonym of Neverita didyma (Röding, 1798)

Feeding habits

As is true of all naticid genera, species in this genus are carnivorous and predatory.

References

• Kilburn, R. N. (1976). A revision of the Naticidae of Southern Africa and Moçambique (Mollusca). Annals of the Natal Museum. 22: 829-884.
• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.

External links

• Pilsbry, H. A. (1929). Neverita reclusiana (Desh.) and its allies. The Nautilus. 42(4): 109-113, pl. 6

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570170 on 2012-05-30
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Glossaulax secunda (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) † . 2024-07-30 . www.marinespecies.org.