Pinaxia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Pinaxia versicolor | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Pinaxia Adams & Adams, 1853 |
Type species | |
Pinaxia coronata A. Adams, 1853
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe shell is conical. The spire is short and acute . The aperture is oval-oblong, emarginate anteriorly. The inner lip is flattened, with several transverse plaits in the middle. The outer lip is acute and grooved internally. [2]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Pinaxia include:
- Pinaxia coronata (H. Adams, 1853)[3]
- Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839)[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Pinaxia A. & A. Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
- ^ Pinaxia coronata (H. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102