Family Planaxidae Gray 1850 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Planaxidae

Parent taxon: Cerithioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Beesley 1998, Bouchet et al. 2005, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Angiola Fissilabia Fossarinae Hinea Leioplanaxis Orthochilus Planaxinae

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Brazil (6), Ecuador (1), Eritrea (3), French Polynesia (1), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Morocco (1), Portugal (12), Saudi Arabia (3), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Indonesia (2), Jamaica (3), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (5: Florida, Virginia), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Austria (6), France (2), Germany (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (2), United States (11: Florida, New Jersey, Virginia)

• Eocene of Colombia (2), France (5), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Texas)

• Paleocene of Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), United States (1: Maryland)

• Cretaceous of France (1), Madagascar (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Georgia)

Total: 101 collections including 122 occurrences

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