Spirolaxis

Spirolaxis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.

Description

(Original description) The shell is discoidal; its whorls are quadrangular, detached, and solute.

Species

• Spirolaxis argonauta <small>Bieler, 1993</small>
• Spirolaxis centrifuga <small>(Monterosato, 1890)</small>
• Spirolaxis clenchi <small>Jaume & Borro, 1946</small>
• † Spirolaxis cohaerentia <small>Laws, 1944</small>
• Spirolaxis cornuammonis <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1903)</small>
• Spirolaxis cornuarietis <small>Bieler, 1993</small>
• Spirolaxis exornatus <small>Bieler, 1993</small>
• Spirolaxis lamellifer <small>(Rehder, 1935)</small>
• Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea <small>(Melvill & Standen, 1903)</small>

• Spirolaxis macandrewi <small>(Iredale, 1911)</small>: synonym of Spirolaxis centrifuga <small>(Monterosato, 1890)</small>

References

• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda

External links

• Rehder H.A. 1935. New Caribbean marine shells. The Nautilus, 48: 127-130
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213