| Planaxis sulcatus | |
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| Planaxis sulcatus shells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Planaxidae |
| Genus: | Planaxis |
| Species: | P. sulcatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1791) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Planaxis sulcatus, common name the tropical periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Planaxidae. [1]
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).
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.
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Parasites of Planaxis sulcatus include trematode Lobatostoma manteri . [2]
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