Planaxis Lamarck 1822 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Planaxidae

Parent taxon: Planaxinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Adegoke 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Weisbord 1962 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Planaxis (Supplanaxis) Planaxis africana Planaxis brasilianus Planaxis decollatus Planaxis sulcatus

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Eritrea (3 collections), Jamaica (1), Saudi Arabia (3), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (2), Jamaica (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1)

• Eocene of France (1)

• Paleocene of Mexico (1), Nigeria (1)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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