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Psilaxis

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Psilaxis
An empty shell of Psilaxis oxytropis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Infraclass: Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Architectonicoidea
Family: Architectonicidae
Genus: Psilaxis
Woodring, 1928

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

Species

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Species within the genus Psilaxis include:

References

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  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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  • Woodring, W.P. (1928). "Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 385 (VII): 158. Retrieved 26 June 2024.