Polygona

Polygona

Polygona infundibula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Polygona Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Polygona infundibulum Schumacher, 1817

Polygona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Polygona include:^[2]

Polygona abbotti (Snyder, 2003)
Polygona anapetes (Woodring, 1964)
Polygona angulata (Röding, 1798)^[3]
Polygona bayeri (Petuch, 2001)
Polygona bernandensis (Bullock, 1974)
Polygona brevicaudata (Reeve, 1847)
Polygona concentrica (Reeve, 1847)
† Polygona crassa (Michelotti, 1847)
Polygona devyanae (Rios, Costa & Calvo, 1994)
Polygona filosa (Schubert & Wagner, 1829)
Polygona infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791)
Polygona jucunda (McGinty, 1940)
Polygona lactea (Matthews-Cascon, Matthews & Rocha, 1991)
† Polygona lynchii (Basterot, 1825)
Polygona martini (Snyder, 1988)
Polygona nemata (Woodring, 1928)
Polygona paulae Petuch, 2013
Polygona socorroensis (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
Polygona tumens (Carpenter, 1856)
Polygona vermeiji (Petuch, 1986)
† Polygona zahlbruckneri (Glibert, 1963)

Species brought into synonymy

Polygona bessei Petuch, 2013: synonym of Lamellilatirus sunderlandorum Lyons & Snyder, 2013
Polygona fusiformis Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Polygona infundibulum (Gmelin, 1791)

References

^ Polygona Schumacher, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/18/10.
^ WoRMS : Polygona; accessed 25 August 2010)
^ Polygona angulata (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.

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