Planaxis sulcatus

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Planaxis sulcatus
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Planaxis sulcatus shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Planaxidae
Genus:
Planaxis
Species:
P. sulcatus
Binomial name
Planaxis sulcatus
(Born, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum pyramidaleGmelin, 1791
  • Buccinum sulcatumBorn, 1778 (original combination)
  • Planaxis brevisQuoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Planaxis buccinoidesDeshayes, 1828
  • Planaxis menkeanusDunker, 1862
  • Planaxis obscuraA. Adams, 1853
  • Planaxis undulataLamarck, 1822

Planaxis sulcatus, common name the tropical periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae. [1]

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania and off Mauritius, Chagos, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin. [1] It is also found off the Pakistani coast, specially Sonmiani Bay (Miani hor).

Description

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.

Ecology

Parasites of Planaxis sulcatus include trematode Lobatostoma manteri . [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (12 February 2015). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World". Zootaxa. 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   25781098.


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