Pradoxa

Genus of gastropods

Pradoxa

Pradoxa confirmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Family:  | Muricidae
Subfamily:  | Muricopsinae
Genus:  | Pradoxa
Fernandes & Rolán, 1993
Type species
Paradoxa confirmata F. Fernandes & Rolán, 1990

Synonyms[1]

* 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.)

Pradoxa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricopsinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

## Species

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Species within the genus Pradoxa include:[1]

* Pradoxa confirmata (Fernandes & Rolán, 1990)[2]
* Pradoxa gorii Houart & Rolán, 2012
* Pradoxa thomensis (Fernandes & Rolan, 1990)[3]
* Pradoxa urdambideli Houart & Rolán, 2012

## References

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Wikispecies has information related to Pradoxa.

1. ^ a b c Pradoxa Fernandes & Rolán, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
2. ^ Pradoxa confirmata (Fernandes & Rolán, 1990). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. ^ Pradoxa thomensis (Fernandes & Rolan, 1990). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

* 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

Taxon identifiers

Pradoxa|

* Wikidata: Q18582780
* Wikispecies: Pradoxa
* CoL: 7PD83
* EoL: 10305442
* GBIF: 4365564
* IRMNG: 1291188
* Open Tree of Life: 2911453
* WoRMS: 397217

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