Planaxis savignyi | |
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Shell of Planaxis savignyi (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Planaxidae |
Genus: | Planaxis |
Species: | P. savignyi |
Binomial name | |
Planaxis savignyi Deshayes, 1844 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Planaxis savignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Planaxidae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 17 mm.
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