Pollia
Encyclopedia
Pollia is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Buccinidae
, the true whelks.
(WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Pollia :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Buccinidae
Buccinidae
Buccinidae is a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.True whelks are mostly marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda...
, the true whelks.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species is a database that hopes to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the...
(WoRMS) the following species with valid names are included within the genus Pollia :
- Pollia assimilisPollia assimilisPollia assimilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Reeve, 1846) - Pollia bednalli (G.B. Sowerby, 1895)
- Pollia crenulata (Röding, 1798)
- Pollia delicata (E.A.Smith, 1899)
- Pollia dorbignyiPollia dorbignyiPollia dorbignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.-Distribution:This species is distributed in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean along Mauritania.-References:* Vine, P. . Red Sea...
(Payraudeau, 1826) - Pollia fumosa (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Pollia fuscopicta (G.B. Sowerby, 1905)
- Pollia fusulus : synonym of Orania fusulusOrania fusulusOrania fusulus, common name : the Spindle Dwarf Triton, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.-Description:The shell varies between 10 mm and 22 mm...
(Brocchi, 1814) - Pollia incarnata (Deshayes, 1830)
- Pollia insculpta (G.B. Sowerby, 1900)
- Pollia marmorata Reeve
- Pollia mollis (Gould, 1860)
- Pollia pellitaPollia pellitaPollia pellita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Vermeij & Bouchet, 1998 - Pollia rawsoni (Melvill, 1897)
- Pollia rubens (Küster, 1858)
- Pollia rubiginosa (Reeve, 1846)
- Pollia scabraPollia scabraPollia scabra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
Locard, 1886 - Pollia scacchianaPollia scacchianaPollia scacchiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Philippi, 1844) - Pollia sowerbyana (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- Pollia subcostata (Krauss, 1848)
- Pollia subrubiginosa (E.A.Smith, 1879)
- Pollia undosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Pollia vermeuleni (Knudsen, 1980)
- Pollia viverratoides (d'Orbigny, 1840) : synonym of Gemophos viverratoides (d'Orbigny, 1840)
- Pollia wagneriPollia wagneriPollia wagneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks....
(Anton, 1839) - Pollia wrightae (Cernohorsky, 1974)