Polygona Explained

Polygona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Polygona include:^[1]

• Polygona abbotti (Snyder, 2003)
• Polygona anapetes (Woodring, 1964)
• Polygona angulata (Röding, 1798)
• Polygona bayeri (Petuch, 2001)
• Polygona bernandensis (Bullock, 1974)
• Polygona brevicaudata (Reeve, 1847)
• Polygona concentrica (Reeve, 1847)
• † Polygona crassa (Michelotti, 1847)
• Polygona devyanae (Rios, Costa & Calvo, 1994)
• Polygona filosa (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
• Polygona infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Polygona jucunda (McGinty, 1940)
• Polygona lactea (Matthews-Cascon, Matthews & Rocha, 1991)
• † Polygona lynchii (Basterot, 1825)
• Polygona martini (Snyder, 1988)
• Polygona nemata (Woodring, 1928)
• Polygona paulae Petuch, 2013
• Polygona socorroensis (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
• Polygona tumens (Carpenter, 1856)
• Polygona vermeiji (Petuch, 1986)
• † Polygona zahlbruckneri (Glibert, 1963)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Polygona bessei Petuch, 2013: synonym of Lamellilatirus sunderlandorum Lyons & Snyder, 2013
• Polygona fusiformis Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Polygona infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791)

External links

• Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
• Couto D., Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Simone L.R.L. & Giribet G. (2016). A multilocus molecular phylogeny of Fasciolariidae (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 309-322

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415846 WoRMS : Polygona; accessed 25 August 2010)