Planaxidae
| Planaxidae Temporal range: Cretaceous(?)[1] - Recent | |
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| An apertural view of a shell of Hinea brasiliana. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Planaxidae Gray, 1850 |
| Diversity[2] | |
| About 30–40 extant species | |
Planaxidae, common name planaxids or clusterwinks, are a taxonomic family of small and minute sea snails, pantropical marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithoidea. They are found on rocky shores in the littoral zone of the tropics and subtropics.[3]
Characteristics
Members of the family Planaxidae are known as clusterwinks because of their habit of clustering together in concealed, moist locations when the tide is out. They have conical shells resembling periwinkles, except for the fact that the clusterwinks have wide, shallow anterior canals. Another characteristic is the fact that they brood their embryos in a brood chamber situated behind the head, and release them into the sea as veliger larvae to form part of the plankton.[3]
Subfamilies
The following two subfamilies are recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- Planaxinae Gray, 1850
- Fossarinae A. Adams, 1860 - previously in a family of its own, named Fossaridae
Genera
The family Planaxidae comprises the following recent (as opposed to fossil) genera:[4] The following genera are recognised: Planaxinae
- Angiola Dall, 1926
- Fissilabia Macgillivray, 1836
- Halotapada Iredale, 1936
- Hinea Gray, 1847
- Holcostoma H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Planaxis Lamarck, 1822
- Simulathena Houbrick, 1992
- Supplanaxis Thiele, 1929
Fossarinae
- Conradia A. Adams, 1860
- Fossarus Philippi, 1841
- Larinopsis J. H. Gatliff & C. J. Gabriel, 1916
- Nilsia Finlay, 1926
- Zeradina Finlay, 1926
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Maravignia Aradas & Maggiore, 1844 accepted as Fossarus Philippi, 1841
References
- ↑ Mahmoud, L.G. Etudes paleontologiques sur la fauna Cretacique du Massif du Moghara (Sinai-Egypte). Publications de I'Institut du Desert d'Egypte 8, 1956
- ↑ Strong E. E., Colgan D. J., Healy J. M., Lydeard C., Ponder W. F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(1): 43-89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
- 1 2 Beechey, Des (2008). "Family Planaxidae". The Seashells of New South Wales. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ↑ Houbrick R. S. (1987). "Anatomy, Reproductive Biology, and Phylogeny of the Planaxidae (Cerithiacea: Prosobranchia)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 445.
- Houbrick R.S. 1987. Anatomy, Reproductive Biology, and Phylogeny of the Planaxidae (Cerithiacea: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 445: 1-57
- Strong E.E., Colgan D.J., Healy J.M., Lydeard C., Ponder W.F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011) Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162: 43–89.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Planaxidae. |
- "Planaxidae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- "Planaxidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- GBIF