Pleuroploca
Introduction '''''Pleuroploca''''' is a genus of very large predatory sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, which includes the spindle shells, the tulip shells and other allied genera.
Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Pleuroplaca'' :* ''Pleuroploca abbasi'' Thach, 2021* ''Pleuroploca audouini'' (Jonas, 1846)* ''Pleuroploca clava'' (Jonas, 1846)* ''Pleuroploca effendyi'' Dharma, 2021* ''Pleuroploca granosa'' (Broderip, 1832)* ''Pleuroploca lischkeana'' (Dunker, 1863)* ''Pleuroploca lyonsi'' Bozzetti, 2008* ''Pleuroploca ponderosa'' (Jonas, 1850)* ''Pleuroploca purpurea'' (Jonas, 1849)* ''Pleuroploca trapezium'' (Linnaeus, 1758); Species brought into synonymy:* ''Pleuroploca acutispsira'' (Strebel, 1911): synonym of ''Triplofusus princeps'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)* ''Pleuroploca altimasta'' Iredale, 1930: synonym of ''Filifusus altimasta'' (Iredale, 1930)* ''Pleuroploca aurantiaca'' (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of ''Aurantilaria aurantiaca'' (Lamarck, 1816)* ''Pleuroploca australasia'' (Perry, 1811): synonym of ''Australaria australasia'' (Perry, 1811)* ''Pleuroploca buxeus'' (Reeve, 1847):: synonym of ''Viridifusus buxeus'' (Reeve, 1847)* ''Pleuroploca eucla'' Cotton, 1953: synonym of ''Australaria eucla'' (Cotton, 1953)* ''Pleuroploca filamentosa'' (Röding, 1798):: synonym of ''Filifusus filamentosus'' (Röding, 1798)* ''Pleuroploca gigantea'' now recognized as ''Triplofusus papillosus'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)* ''Pleuroploca glabra'' (Dunker, 1882): synonym of ''Filifusus glaber'' (Dunker, 1882)* ''Pleuroploca granulilabris'' Vermeij & Snyder, 2004:: synonym of ''Leucozonia granulilabris'' (Vermeij & Snyder, 2004)* ''Pleuroploca heynemanni'' (Dunker, 1870): synonym of ''Kilburnia heynemanni'' (Dunker, 1870)* ''Pleuroploca lugubris'' (A. Adams & Reeve in Reeve, 1847):: synonym of ''Lugubrilaria lugubris'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1847)* ''Pleuroploca manuelae'' Bozzetti, 2008: synonym of ''Filifusus manuelae'' (Bozzetti, 2008)* ''Pleuroploca princeps'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825):: synonym of ''Triplofusus princeps'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)* ''Pleuroploca salmo'' (Wood, 1828):: synonym of ''Granolaria salmo'' (Wood, 1828)* ''Pleuroploca scholvieni'' (Strebel, 1911):: synonym of ''Kilburnia scholvieni'' (Strebel, 1911)* ''Pleuroploca wattersae'' (Kilburn, 1974):: synonym of ''Africolaria wattersae'' (Kilburn, 1974)
References *  Snyder, M.A. (2003) ''Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae''. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Special Publication, 21, iii + 1–431* Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) ''The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae)''. Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70.