Pugilina tupiniquim
| Pugilina tupiniquim | |
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| A shell of Pugilina tupiniquim from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Melongenidae |
| Genus: | Pugilina |
| Species: | P. tupiniquim
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| Binomial name | |
| Pugilina tupiniquim Abbate & Simone, 2015
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Pugilina tupiniquim is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies. This species and its Eastern Atlantic congener, Pugilina morio, were once thought to be a single, amphiatlantic entity. They have, however, been recognized as distinct taxa based on anatomical and environmental differences.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean, in mangrove areas along the Brazilian coast, and north to the Caribbean.[1]
Human use
[edit]In traditional Brazilian medicine in the Northeast of Brazil, Pugilina tupiniquim (formerly referred to as Pugilina morio, an Eastern Atlantic sister species) is used as zootherapeutical product for the treatment of sexual impotence.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Abbate, D.; Simone, L.R.L. (2015). "Review of Pugilina from the Atlantic, with description of a new species from Brazil (Neogastropoda, Melongenidae)". African Invertebrates. 56 (3): 559–577.
- ^ Alves R. R. N. 2009. Fauna used in popular medicine in Northeast Brazil. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009, 5:1. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-5-1