Planaxis sulcatus

Planaxis sulcatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Planaxidae
Genus: Planaxis
Species: P. sulcatus
Binomial name
Planaxis sulcatus
(Born, 1791)

Planaxis sulcatus, common name the tropical periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.[1]

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216719 on 17 May 2010.