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Planaxidae Gray, 1850 
AphiaID: 23097

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Cerithioidea
Synonymised
taxa		  Fossaridae A. Adams, 1860
Sources  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

additional source: Houbrick R.S. 1987. Anatomy, Reproductive Biology, and Phylogeny of the Planaxidae (Cerithiacea: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 445: 1-57., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0445.pdf [details]

additional source: Strong E.E., Colgan D.J., Healy J.M., Lydeard C., Ponder W.F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011) Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162: 43–89. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Fossarinae A. Adams, 1860
  » Genus Fossarus Philippi, 1841
» Genus Fossar Gray, 1847 accepted as Fossarus Philippi, 1841
» Genus Maravignia Aradas & Maggiore, 1844 accepted as Fossarus Philippi, 1841
Subfamily Planaxinae Gray, 1850
  » Genus Angiola Dall, 1926
» Genus Fissilabia Macgillivray, 1836
» Genus Halotapada Iredale, 1936
» Genus Hinea Gray, 1847
» Genus Holcostoma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
» Genus Planaxis Lamarck, 1822
» Genus Simulathena Houbrick, 1992
» Genus Supplanaxis Thiele, 1929
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23097
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2011-05-02 17:58:21Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Planaxidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23097 on 2013-05-24
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