Pinaxia

Pinaxia
Pinaxia versicolor
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Synonyms[1]
  • Conothais Kuroda, 1930
  • Thais (Pinaxia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Pinaxia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The 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

Species within the genus Pinaxia include:

References

  1. ^ a b Pinaxia A. & A. Adams, 1853. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Pinaxia coronata (H. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ 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