Pomaulax
# Pomaulax

Pomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

## Description

The large, solid, imperforate shell has a conic shape. The periphery is carinated. The base of the shell is flattened. The umbilical tract shows a strong curved rib. The ; operculum is obovate, narrower toward the proximal extremity. Its nucleus is terminal, its outside with four strong granulose ribs radiating from the nucleus.

## Species

Species within the genus Pomaulax include:

* Pomaulax gibberosus (Dillwyn, 1817)
* Pomaulax japonicus (Dunker, 1844)
* Pomaulax spiratus (Dall, 1911)

### Species brought into synonymy

* Pomaulax turbanicus Dall, 1910: synonym of Megastraea turbanica (Dall, 1910)
* Pomaulax undosum Wood, 1828: synonym of Megastraea undosa (Wood, 1828)
