Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass "Lower Heterobranchia" > Superfamily Architectonicoidea > Family Architectonicidae

Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Pseudomalaxis (Paurodiscus) Rehder, 1935 synonym
Pseudomalaxis (Spirolaxis) Monterosato, 1913 synonym
Spirolaxis (Aguayodiscus) Jaume & Borro, 1946 synonym

Children

Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)
Spirolaxis clenchi Jaume & Borro, 1946
Spirolaxis lamellifer (Rehder, 1935)

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

additional source

Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137668

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2023-12-17 by Philippe Bouchet

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