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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae moon snails

Genus: Polinices

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34 species (see list below)
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 6 cm H
Polinices albumen(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Polinices albumen
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices aurantium
[Golden moon snail]
No picture found
 
Polinices bifasciatus
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices candidissimus
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices citrinus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm WD
 
Polinices cumingianus
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices draconis
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices duplicatus
[Atlantic moon snail]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific

Polinices fibrosa(Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Polinices fibrosa
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm ShH
Polinices flemingianus(Récluz, 1844)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Polinices flemingianus
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices helicoides
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 5.1 cm DL
Polinices hepaticus(Roding, 1798)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Polinices hepaticus
[Brown moonsnail]

Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 115 cm DL
Polinices herosSay, 1822

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Polinices heros
[Northern moon snail]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm NG
 
Polinices lacteus
[Milk moonsnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Polinices leptaleus
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices mammatus
[Breast-shaped moon snail]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 6 cm SHL
Polinices mammilla(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Polinices mammilla
[Pear-shaped moon snail]
No picture found
 
Polinices maurus
[Moor moon snail]
No picture found
 
Polinices melanostomoides
[Melanoid moon snail]
No picture found
 
Polinices nanus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Polinices nubilus
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices otis
[]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm ShH
Polinices peselephanti(Link, 1807)

Photo by FAO
 
Polinices peselephanti
[Elephant's-foot moon snail]
No picture found
 
Polinices porcelanus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm H
 
Polinices powisianus
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices sagamiensis
[Sagami Bay moon snail]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm SHL
Polinices sebae(Récluz, 1844)

Photo by FAO
 
Polinices sebae
[Seba's moon snail]
No picture found
 
Polinices simiae
[Simi moon snail]
No picture found
 
Polinices sordidus
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices syrphetodes
[]
No picture found
 
Polinices tawhitirahia
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Pacific Ocean.
Max. Length 4.5 cm ShH
Polinices tumidus(Swainson, 1840)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Polinices tumidus
[Tumid moon snail]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Polinices uber(Valenciennes, 1832)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Polinices uber
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Polinices uberinus
[White moonsnail]


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