Biology:Fax (gastropod)

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Fax
Scientific classification e
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

Scaeofax Iredale, 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 alertae Dell, 1956: synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) alertae (Dell, 1956) represented as Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956) (basionym)
  • Fax mirabilis (Powell, 1929): synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis mirabilis Powell, 1929 represented as Cominella mirabilis mirabilis Powell, 1929
  • Fax powelli C. 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.

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