Pradoxa
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Pradoxa confirmata (MNHN-IM-2000-6595).jpeg
| image_caption = Pradoxa confirmata
| taxon = Pradoxa
| authority = Fernandes & Rolán, 1993
|type_species= Paradoxa confirmata F. Fernandes & Rolán, 1990
| synonyms =
- Paradoxa Fernandes & Rolán, 1990 (Junior homonym of Paradoxa Marshall, 1894)
- Paradoxon Fernandes & Rolán, 1990 (Replacement name for Paradoxa Fernandes & Rolán, 1990 non Marshall, 1894, but itself a junior homonym of Paradoxon Fleutiaux, 1903.)
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Pradoxa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricopsinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|397217|Pradoxa Fernandes & Rolán, 1993||15 December 2018}}
Species
Species within the genus Pradoxa include:
- Pradoxa confirmata (Fernandes & Rolán, 1990){{WRMS species|408049|Pradoxa confirmata (Fernandes & Rolán, 1990)||25 April 2010}}
- Pradoxa gorii Houart & Rolán, 2012
- Pradoxa thomensis (Fernandes & Rolan, 1990){{WRMS species|408050|Pradoxa thomensis (Fernandes & Rolan, 1990)||25 April 2010}}
- Pradoxa urdambideli Houart & Rolán, 2012
References
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{{Wikispecies|Pradoxa}}
{{Reflist}}
- Fernandes F. & Rolán E. 1990. Nuevo género y nuevas especies de la familia Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) en la isla de São Tomé. Bollettino Malacologico, 25: 9–12.
- Fernandes F. & Rolán E. (1993) Pradoxa nomen novum para Paradoxon Fernandes & Rolán, 1990. Iberus 11(1): 61.
- Houart R. & Rolán E. 2012. The genus Pradoxa Fernandes & Rolán, 1993 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in São Tomé, Príncipe and Annobón. Iberus, 30(1): 1-14
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