Spirolaxis

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

Spirolaxis
Shell of Spirolaxis centrifuga (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superfamily:	Architectonicoidea
Family:	Architectonicidae
Genus:	Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913
Type species
Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)
Synonyms
Aguayodiscus Jaume & Borro, 1946 Paurodiscus Rehder, 1935 Pseudomalaxis (Paurodiscus) Rehder, 1935 Pseudomalaxis (Spirolaxis) Monterosato, 1913 (original rank as subgenus) Spirolaxis (Aguayodiscus) Jaume & Borro, 1946

Species

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

Synonyms

• Spirolaxis macandrewi (Iredale,1911 ): synonym of Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)

References

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

External links

• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1913). Note on the genus Pseudomalaxis, Fischer, and descriptions of a new species and sub-genus. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(6): 362-363
• 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