Pleuroploca Explained

Pleuroploca is a genus of very large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera.^[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Pleuroplaca :^[2]

• Pleuroploca abbasi Thach, 2021
• Pleuroploca audouini (Jonas, 1846)
• Pleuroploca clava (Jonas, 1846)
• Pleuroploca effendyi Dharma, 2021
• Pleuroploca granosa (Broderip, 1832)
• Pleuroploca lischkeana (Dunker, 1863)
• Pleuroploca lyonsi Bozzetti, 2008
• Pleuroploca ponderosa (Jonas, 1850)
• Pleuroploca purpurea (Jonas, 1849)
• Pleuroploca trapezium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Pleuroploca acutispsira (Strebel, 1911): synonym of Triplofusus princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
• Pleuroploca altimasta Iredale, 1930: synonym of Filifusus altimasta (Iredale, 1930)
• Pleuroploca aurantiaca (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of Aurantilaria aurantiaca (Lamarck, 1816)
• Pleuroploca australasia (Perry, 1811): synonym of Australaria australasia (Perry, 1811)
• Pleuroploca buxeus (Reeve, 1847):: synonym of Viridifusus buxeus (Reeve, 1847)
• Pleuroploca eucla Cotton, 1953: synonym of Australaria eucla (Cotton, 1953)
• Pleuroploca filamentosa (Röding, 1798):: synonym of Filifusus filamentosus (Röding, 1798)
• Pleuroploca gigantea now recognized as Triplofusus papillosus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
• Pleuroploca glabra (Dunker, 1882): synonym of Filifusus glaber (Dunker, 1882)
• Pleuroploca granulilabris Vermeij & Snyder, 2004:: synonym of Leucozonia granulilabris (Vermeij & Snyder, 2004)
• Pleuroploca heynemanni (Dunker, 1870): synonym of Kilburnia heynemanni (Dunker, 1870)
• Pleuroploca lugubris (A. Adams & Reeve in Reeve, 1847):: synonym of Lugubrilaria lugubris (A. Adams & Reeve, 1847)
• Pleuroploca manuelae Bozzetti, 2008: synonym of Filifusus manuelae (Bozzetti, 2008)
• Pleuroploca princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825):: synonym of Triplofusus princeps (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
• Pleuroploca salmo (Wood, 1828):: synonym of Granolaria salmo (Wood, 1828)
• Pleuroploca scholvieni (Strebel, 1911):: synonym of Kilburnia scholvieni (Strebel, 1911)
• Pleuroploca wattersae (Kilburn, 1974):: synonym of Africolaria wattersae (Kilburn, 1974)

References

• Snyder, M.A. (2003) Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Special Publication, 21, iii + 1–431
• Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Pleuroploca P. Fischer, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204742 on 2012-08-25
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204742 WoRMS : Pleuroplaca; accession date : 10 September 2010