Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: "Lower Heterobranchia"
Superfamilia: Architectonicoidea
Familia: Architectonicidae
Genus: Psilaxis
Species (20): P. clertoni – P. krebsii – P. oxytropis – P. radiatus – . . .
Name
Psilaxis Woodring, 1928
Type species: Architectonica (Philippia) krebsii Mörch, 1875 by original designation.
References
Additional references
Cavallari, D.C., Salvador, R.B. & Simone, L.R.L. 2014. Taxonomical study on the Architectonicidae collected by the Marion Dufresne (MD55) expedition to SE Brazil (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). Spixiana 37(1): 35–43. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Links
Psilaxis in the World Register of Marine Species
Psilaxis – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
Psilaxis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Psilaxis include:
Psilaxis krebsii (Mörch, 1875)
Psilaxis oxytropis (A. Adams, 1855)
Psilaxis radiatus (Röding, 1798)
References
Bieler, R. (2012). Psilaxis Woodring, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224360 on 2012-06-29
Bieler R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1-376 [15 December]. page(s): 116
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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