Planaxidae
Encyclopedia
Planaxidae, common name planaxids, are a taxonomic family
Family
In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...

 of small and minute sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, pantropical
Pantropical
In biogeography, a pantropical distribution one which covers tropical regions of all of the major continents, i.e. in Africa, in Asia and in the Americas. Examples include the plant genera Acacia and Bacopa....

 marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod molluscs in the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...

 Sorbeoconcha
Sorbeoconcha
Sorbeoconcha is a taxonomic clade of snails, i.e. gastropods, mainly marine species with gills and opercula, within the clade Caenogastropoda.The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997.-1997 taxonomy:...

.

Taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

:
  • Planaxinae Gray, 1850
  • Fossarinae A. Adams, 1860 - previously in a family of its own, named Fossaridae

Genera

The family Planaxidae comprises the following Recent (as opposed to fossil) genera:

Planaxinae
  • Angiola
    Angiola
    Angiola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Planaxidae.-Species:Species within the genus Angiola include:* Angiola lineata * Angiola punctostriata...

    Dall, 1926
  • Fissilabia Macgillivray, 1836
  • Hinea
    Hinea
    Hinea is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Planaxidae.-Species:Species in the genus Hinea include:* Hinea brasiliana * Hinea lineata - dwarf planaxis-References:...

    Gray, 1847
  • Holcostoma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Planaxis
    Planaxis
    Planaxis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Planaxidae.-Species:Species within the genus Planaxis include:* Planaxis lineolatus Gould, 1849* Planaxis niger Quoy & Gaimard, 1833...

    Lamarck, 1822
  • Supplanaxis
    Supplanaxis
    Supplanaxis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Planaxidae.-Species:Species within the genus Supplanaxis include:* Supplanaxis nucleus...

    Thiele
    Johannes Thiele
    Johannes Thiele, full name Karl Hermann Johannes Thiele was a German zoologist specialized in malacology. His Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde is a standard work...

    , 1929


Fossarinae
  • Conradia A. Adams, 1860
  • Fossarus
    Fossarus
    Fossarus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Planaxidae.-Species:Species within the genus Fossarus include:* Fossarus ambiguus * Fossarus bellus Dall, 1889* Fossarus compactus Dall, 1889...

    Philippi
    Rodolfo Amando Philippi
    Rodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....

    , 1841
  • Larinopsis J. H. Gatliff & C. J. Gabriel, 1916
  • Nilsia Finlay
    Harold John Finlay
    Harold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....

    , 1926
  • Zeradina Finlay
    Harold John Finlay
    Harold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....

    , 1926

External links

  • Powell A. W. B.
    Arthur William Baden Powell
    Dr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...

    , New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd
    HarperCollins
    HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...

    , Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • GBIF
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK