Polinices aurantius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Polinices
Species:
P. aurantius
Binomial name
Polinices aurantius
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Albula aurantium Röding, 1798 (basionym)
  • Natica aurantia (Röding, 1798)
  • Natica straminea Récluz, 1844
  • Natica sulphurea Récluz, 1844

Polinices aurantius is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ a b Polinices aurantius (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2009). Polinices aurantius (Röding, 1798) . Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568336 on 17 June 2010 .