# Pomaulax

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{{Short description|Genus of sea snails}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image                  = Pomaulax japonicus.jpg
| image_caption          = [Shell](/source/Gastropod_shell) of ''Pomaulax japonicus'' (Dunker, 1844), measuring 47.7 mm in height by 74.8 mm diameter, collected with [tangle nets](/source/tangle_nets) at 20 m depth off [Pt. Daio](/source/Pt._Daio), [Shima-cho](/source/Shima-cho), in [Japan](/source/Japan)
| display_parents        = 3
| taxon                  = Pomaulax
| authority              = [Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1850{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}
| type_species           = ''Trochus japonicus''
| type_species_authority = [Dunker](/source/Wilhelm_Dunker), 1845
| subdivision_ranks      = Species
| subdivision            = {{center|''See text''}}
}}

'''''Pomaulax''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail)s, [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Turbinidae](/source/Turbinidae), the turban snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|413355|''Pomaulax'' Gray, 1850||27 September 2012}}</ref>

== 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](/source/Operculum_(gastropod)) is obovate, narrower toward the proximal extremity. Its nucleus is terminal, its outside with four strong granulose ribs radiating from the nucleus.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]</ref>

== Species ==
Species within the genus ''Pomaulax'' include:

* ''[Pomaulax gibberosus](/source/Pomaulax_gibberosus)'' <small>(Dillwyn, 1817)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|581670|''Pomaulax gibberosus'' (Dillwyn, 1817)||5 October 2011}}</ref>
* ''[Pomaulax japonicus](/source/Pomaulax_japonicus)'' <small>(Dunker, 1844)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|413418|''Pomaulax japonicus'' (Dunker, 1844)||20 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[Pomaulax spiratus](/source/Pomaulax_spiratus)'' <small>(Dall, 1911)</small>

;Species brought into synonymy:

* ''Pomaulax turbanicus'' <small>Dall, 1910</small>: synonym of ''[Megastraea turbanica](/source/Megastraea_turbanica)'' <small>(Dall, 1910)</small>
* ''Pomaulax undosum'' <small>Wood, 1828</small>: synonym of ''[Megastraea undosa](/source/Megastraea_undosa)'' <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* 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.&nbsp;1–82, pls 104-245.

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Pomaulax|''Pomaulax''}}

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Category:Pomaulax
Category:Turbinidae
Category:Gastropod genera
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray

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