Liniaxis
Liniaxis Temporal range: Upper Pleistocene to Recent | |
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Genus: | Liniaxis Swainson, 1840 |
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Liniaxis is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Liniaxis include:
- Liniaxis elaborata A. & H. Adams, 1863, a synonym of Coralliophila elaborata (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863)
- Liniaxis elongata C. F. Laseron, 1955, this may be a synonym of, or a closely related species to the Mipus nodosus complex (A. Adams, 1854) [1]
- Liniaxis sertata (Hedley, 1903), a synonym of Coralliophila sertata (Hedley, 1903)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560