Planaxis Lamarck 1822 (snail)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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