Psilaxis

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Psilaxis
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Architectonicoidea
Family: Architectonicidae
Genus: Psilaxis
Woodring, 1928

Psilaxis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.[1]

Species[]

Species within the genus Psilaxis include:

  • Tenório, Barros, Francisco & Silva, 2011
  • (Mörch, 1875)
  • (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Psilaxis radiatus (Röding, 1798)

References[]

  1. ^ Bieler, R. (2012). Psilaxis Woodring, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224360 on 2012-06-29
  • Bieler R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1-376 [15 December]. page(s): 116
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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