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Periaulax

Gastropoda - Solariellidae

Taxonomy
Periaulax was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Eumargarita (Periaulax) by Cossmann and Pissarro (1902); it was reranked as Solariella (Periaulax) by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

It was assigned to Eumargarita by Cossmann and Pissarro (1902); to Solariella by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Solariellinae by Schnetler and Heilmann-Clausen (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Eumargarita (Periaulax) Cossmann and Pissarro
1995Solariella (Periaulax) Le Renard and Pacaud p. 88
2002Periaulax Sepkoski
2011Periaulax Schnetler and Heilmann-Clausen p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySolariellidae(Powell 1951)
genusPeriaulax

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Periaulax
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Periaulax rimosus Binkhorst 1861
Periaulax spirata Lamarck 1804
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available