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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: Spirolaxis
Species (8 + 1†): S. argonauta – S. centrifuga – S. clenchi – S. cornuammonis – S. cornuarietis – S. exornatus – S. lamellifer – S. rotulacatharinea – †S. cohaerentia
Name

Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913

Type species: Pseudomalaxis centrifuga Monterosato, 1890, by monotypy

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

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

Spirolaxis in the World Register of Marine Species

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