| Pleuroploca | |
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| Shell of Pleuroploca lyonsi | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Neogastropoda | 
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea | 
| Family: | Fasciolariidae | 
| Genus: | Pleuroploca P. Fischer, 1884[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| 
 Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) P. Fischer, 1884  | |
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.
 - 1 2 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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