Species of gastropod
| Polinices mammilla
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| Polinices mammilla shell
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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| Order:
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Littorinimorpha
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| Family:
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Naticidae
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| Genus:
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Polinices
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| Species:
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P. mammilla
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| Binomial name
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Polinices mammilla
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| Synonyms
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- Mamillaria tumida Swainson, 1840
- Natica albula Récluz, 1851
- Natica cygnea Philippi, 1852
- Natica intermedia Récluz, 1843 (non Deshayes, 1832 nec Philippi, 1836)
- Natica ponderosa Philippi, 1852
- Natica pyriformis Récluz, 1844
- Nerita mammilla Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
- Polinices albus Montfort, 1810
- Polinices pyriformis (Récluz, 1844)
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Polinices mammilla is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1][2]
Description
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Pure white shells, rather elongated in shape, up to 4 cm; chestnut-brown, horny operculum.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tanzania, Transkei and is also found in the Central Indo-Pacific Ocean and in the west Pacific Ocean off Papua New Guinea and Australia.[2]
