Teretianax is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Teretianax
Shell of Teretianax trilirata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Teretianax
Iredale, 1918
Type species
Scalenostoma suteri W. R. B. Oliver, 1915
Synonyms[1]
  • Pyramidelloides (Teretianax) Iredale, 1918
  • Teretinax [sic] (misspelling for Teretianax)

Species

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Synonyms
  • Teretianax suta (Pilsbry, 1918): synonym of Chrystella suta (Pilsbry, 1918)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Teretianax Iredale, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536357 on 2022-03-15
  • Ponder, W. F. (1967). The classification of the Rissoidae and Orbitestellidae with descriptions of some new taxa. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology. 9(17): 193-224, pls 1-13.
  • Takano T., Tsuzuki S. & Kano Y. (2020). Systematics relocation of Chrystella kajiyamai Habe, 1961 to the eulimid genus Bacula (Gastropoda: Vanikoroidea). Venus. 78(3-4): 119-124.
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