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Glossaulax
Shell of † Glossaulax secunda (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Glossaulax Pilsbry, 1929
Type species
Natica reclusiana Deshayes, 1839
Synonyms
Neverita (Glossaulax) Pilsbry, 1929 (original rank) Polinices (Glossaulax) Pilsbry, 1929

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

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
• 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

1. Pilsbry H. A. (1929). Nautilus 42: 113.
2. 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
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Glossaulax secunda (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885) †". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-07-30.

• 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

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