Pugilina Explained

Pugilina is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pugilina include:

• Pugilina elongata nhatrangensis Thach, 2018 (parent: Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)) ^{[2] [3]}
• † Pugilina erecta Vermeij & Raven, 2009
• † Pugilina katalinae Kovács & Vicián, 2016
• Pugilina morio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• † Pugilina paraguanensis Landau & Vermeij, 2013
• Pugilina tupiniquim Abbate & Simone, 2015

Species brought into synonymy:

• Subgenus Pugilina (Hemifusus) Swainson, 1840: synonym of Hemifusus Swainson, 1840
• Pugilina carnaria Röding, 1798: synonym of Volegalea carnaria (Röding, 1798)
• Pugilina cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pugilina colosseus Lamarck, 1816: synonym of Hemifusus colosseus (Lamarck, 1816)
• Pugilina crassicaudus Philippi, 1849: synonym of Hemifusus crassicauda (Philippi, 1849)
• Pugilina dirki Nolf, 2007: synonym of Volegalea dirki (Nolf, 2007)
• Pugilina kawamurai: synonym of Hemifusus kawamurai T. Kira, 1965
• Pugilina laevis Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Volema pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Pugilina pugilina (Born, 1778): synonym of Volegalea cochlidium (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pugilina ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Brunneifusus ternatanus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Pugilina tuba Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Hemifusus tuba (Gmelin, 1791)

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Pugilina Schumacher, 1817. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224383 on 2015-12-02
2. Thach, N. N. (2018). New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies. 48HRBooks Company, Akron, Ohio, USA. 173 pp.
3. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pugilina elongata nhatrangensis Thach, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304395 on 2022-03-03