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
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Binomial name | |
Planaxis sulcatus (
Born, 1791)
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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]
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
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Binomial name | |
Planaxis sulcatus (
Born, 1791)
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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.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (May 2016) |
Parasites of Planaxis sulcatus include trematode Lobatostoma manteri. [2]