Marine Species Traits - Perissolax Gabb, 1861 †

Traits name details

Perissolax Gabb, 1861 †

AphiaID

1051984 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1051984)

Classification

Status

uncertain > nomen dubium

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ficidae F. B. Meek, 1864 (1840)

Original name

Perissolax Gabb, 1861 †

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Species Perissolax brevissima (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) †
Species Perissolax dubia (Gabb, 1860) †
Species Perissolax lymani Yokoyama, 1932 †
Species Perissolax trochoides Gabb, 1877 †
Species Perissolax brevirostris Gabb, 1864 † accepted as Perissitys brevirostris (Gabb, 1864) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Perissolax tricarnatus C. E. Weaver, 1905 † accepted as Pseudoperissolax tricarnatus (C. E. Weaver, 1905) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Gabb, W. M. (1861). Synopsis of the Mollusca of the Cretaceous Formation, including the geographical and stratigraphical range and synonymy. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 8: 57-257 [offprint pp. 1-201]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27023653
page(s): p. 122-123 [offprint p. 66-67.] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Perissolax Gabb, 1861 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1051984 on 2026-07-31

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Perissolax Gabb, 1861 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1051984 on 2026-07-31

Taxonomic edit history

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2017-12-21 21:05:13Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2022-08-04 09:15:38Z

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Vos, Chris

2026-04-10 11:38:16Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description Gabb, W. M. (1861). Synopsis of the Mollusca of the Cretaceous Formation, including the geographical and stratigraphical range and synonymy. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 8: 57-257 [offprint pp. 1-201]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27023653
page(s): p. 122-123 [offprint p. 66-67.] [details]

status source Squires, R. L. (2015). Northeast Pacific record of the Paleogene genus Pseudoperissolax (Neogastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae) and its paleobiogeography. Journal of Paleontology. 89(4): 576-588., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2015.41 [details] Available for editors

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