Stigmaulax

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Stigmaulax sulcatus (grooved moon snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (16005007609).jpg

| image_caption = Stigmaulax sulcatus (Born, 1778) - abapertural view of a grooved moonsnail shell, 0.75 cm tall.

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Stigmaulax

| authority = Mörch, 1852

| type_species = Nerita sulcata

| type_species_authority = Born, 1778

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = Aloconatica Shikama, 1971

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Stigmaulax is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.{{WRMS species|416020|Stigmaulax Mörch, 1852|||WoRMS (2010). Stigmaulax. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416020 on 16 June 2010}}

Species

Species within the genus Stigmaulax include:

References

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  • Shikama, T. 1971. On some noteworthy marine gastropoda from southwestern Japan (III). Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section 2 (Geol.), 18:27-35, pl. 3.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.