Fax (gastropod)

Fax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Fax Iredale, 1925
Type species
Phos tabidus Hedley, 1904
Synonyms
ScaeofaxIredale, 1931

Fax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. ^[1]

Species

• Fax grandior (Verco, 1908)
• Fax molleri (Iredale, 1931)
• Fax tabidus (Hedley, 1904)
• Fax tenuicostatus (Tenison Woods, 1877)

Synonyms

• Fax alertaeDell, 1956: synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) alertae(Dell, 1956) represented as Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956) (basionym)
• Fax mirabilis(Powell, 1929): synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis mirabilisPowell, 1929 represented as Cominella mirabilis mirabilisPowell, 1929
• Fax powelliC. A. Fleming, 1948: synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis powelli(C. A. Fleming, 1948) represented as Cominella mirabilis powelli(C. A. Fleming, 1948) (basionym)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Fax Iredale, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490518 on 2022-04-28

• Fraussen, K. (2010). Buccinidae checklist. Pers. Com.