Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Buccinoidea
Familia: Fasciolariidae
Subfamilia: Fasciolariinae
Genus: Pleuroploca
Vernacular names
English: Persian horse conch
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.[2]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Pleuroplaca :[3]
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
Fischer P. (1884). Man. Conch.: 616.
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
WoRMS : Pleuroplaca; accession date : 10 September 2010
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.
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