WoRMS taxon details
Pomaulax J. E. Gray, 1850
413355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413355)
accepted
Genus
Trochus japonicus Dunker, 1845 accepted as Pomaulax japonicus (Dunker, 1845) (type by subsequent designation)
Astraea (Pomaulax) J. E. Gray, 1850 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Turbo (Pomaulax) J. E. Gray, 1850 · unaccepted
- Species Pomaulax biangulatus (Gabb, 1866) †
- Species Pomaulax geummiae Berschauer & Petuch, 2023
- Species Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Pomaulax japonicus (Dunker, 1845)
- Species Pomaulax omorii (Shibata, 1957) †
- Species Pomaulax spiratus (Dall, 1911)
- Species Pomaulax tyosiensis (Ozaki, 1954) †
- Species Pomaulax turbanicus Dall, 1910 accepted as Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090
page(s): 87 [details]
page(s): 87 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pomaulax J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413355 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090
page(s): 87 [details]
original description (of Turbo (Pomaulax) J. E. Gray, 1850) Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details]
basis of record Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592., available online at http://, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00854.x [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 87 [details]
original description (of Turbo (Pomaulax) J. E. Gray, 1850) Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., <i>Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors</i>. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11632090 [details]
basis of record Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592., available online at http://, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00854.x [details] Available for editors

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additional source
Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), <i>A Conchological Iconography</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1-82, pls 104-245. [details]