Planaxidae

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Planaxidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Orthogastropoda Infraclass: Apogastropoda Superorder: Caenogastropoda Order: Sorbeoconcha Family: Planaxidae Gray, 1850

Planaxidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Sorbeoconcha.

[edit] Description

This family is related to the Cerithiidae but with a simple aperture, channelled, but only slightly notched at the anterior end.

Distribution is worldwide.

[edit] Genera within the family Planaxidae

• Fossarus Philippi, 1841
• Hinea Gray, 1847
• Planaxis Lamarck, 1822
• Supplanaxis Thiele, 1929

[edit] References

• Planaxidae (TSN 71899). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• GBIF