Periaulax
| Periaulax | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Periaulax Cossmann, 1888[1] |
Periaulax is an extinct genus of gastropods in the Trochidae family.
Species
Species in the genus Periaulax include:
- Periaulax rimosus[2]
- Periaulax tsheganica Amitrov, 2010 - It existed in what is now Kazakhstan during the Eocene period.[3]
It formerly contained the species Periaulax spiratus, which is currently recognized as Margarites spiratus.[4]
References
- ↑ Cossmann (1888). Ann. Soc. malac. Belgique 23: 62.
- ↑ Kollmann H. A. & Odin G. S. (2001) "Chapter D2 Gastropods from the Upper Cretaceous geological site at Tercis les Bains (SW France)".Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19: 437-451. doi:10.1016/S0920-5446(01)80045-5.
- ↑ Amitrov O. (2010). "Gastropods of rare families from the Tshegan Formation of Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal 44(4): 384-390. doi:10.1134/S0031030110040039.
- ↑ (1984). Annales de la Société royale zoologique de Belgique, Published by the Society 114-116: 316.
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