Spirolaxis
| Spirolaxis | |
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| Shell of Spirolaxis centrifuga (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Infraclass: | Lower Heterobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Architectonicoidea |
| Family: | Architectonicidae |
| Genus: | Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spirolaxis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.[1]
Description
[edit](Original description) The shell is discoidal; its whorls are quadrangular, detached, and solute. [2]
Species
[edit]- Spirolaxis argonauta Bieler, 1993
- Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)
- Spirolaxis clenchi Jaume & Borro, 1946
- † Spirolaxis cohaerentia Laws, 1944
- Spirolaxis cornuammonis (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- Spirolaxis cornuarietis Bieler, 1993
- Spirolaxis exornatus Bieler, 1993
- Spirolaxis lamellifer (Rehder, 1935)
- Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- Synonyms
- Spirolaxis macandrewi (Iredale, 1911): synonym of Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137668 on 2022-06-20
- ^ Monterosato, T. A. di. (1913). Note on the genus Pseudomalaxis, Fischer, and descriptions of a new species and sub-genus. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(6): 362-363
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
External links
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- Rehder H.A. 1935. New Caribbean marine shells. The Nautilus, 48: 127-130
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
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