Pomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Description The large, solid, imperforate shell has a conic shape. The periphery is carinated. The base of the shell is flattened. The umbilical tract shows a strong curved rib. The operculum is obovate, narrower toward the proximal extremity. Its nucleus is terminal, its outside with four strong granulose ribs radiating from the nucleus.G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Species Species within the genus Pomaulax include:
Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817) Pomaulax japonicus (Dunker, 1844) Pomaulax spiratus (Dall, 1911)
Species brought into synonymy
Pomaulax turbanicus Dall, 1910: synonym of Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910) Pomaulax undosum Wood, 1828: synonym of Megastraea undosa (Wood, 1828)
References
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. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245.
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