African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Planaxis Lamarck, 1822

AphiaID

138355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138355)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Planaxinae J. E. Gray, 1850

Original name

Planaxis Lamarck, 1822

Direct children (7)

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Species Planaxis savignyi Deshayes, 1844
Species Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1778)
Species Planaxis fasciatus Pease, 1868 accepted as Angiola fasciata (Pease, 1868) accepted as Hinea fasciata (Pease, 1868) (original combination)
Species Planaxis lineatus (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Angiola lineata (da Costa, 1778) accepted as Hinea lineata (da Costa, 1778)
Species Planaxis lineolatus A. A. Gould, 1849 accepted as Hinea atra (Pease, 1869) (invalid: junior homonym of Planaxis lineolata Risso, 1826)
Species Planaxis niger Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Supplanaxis niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Planaxis punctorostratus accepted as Angiola punctostriata (E. A. Smith, 1872) accepted as Hinea punctostriata (E. A. Smith, 1872) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 50 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Planaxis Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138355 on 2025-11-11

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Planaxis Lamarck, 1822. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138355 on 2025-11-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-08-26 09:47:51Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-04-09 16:22:57Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-28 16:02:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-07-21 02:04:41Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

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original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 50 [details]

additional source Smith, E. A. (1872). A list of the species of the genus Planaxis, with descriptions of eleven new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 9: 37-47., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085891 [details]

additional source Sowerby, G. B. II. (1877). Monograph of the genus Planaxis. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 20, pls 1-5. L. Reeve, London. [1877, no month date]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8230501 [details]

additional source Sowerby, G. B. II. (1884). Planaxis Lamarck. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of Genera of Shells, Vol. 5(41-42): 171-177, pls 483-484. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085162 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Planaxis)
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 015631.GP)
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Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 015631.GP)

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Planaxis sulcatus

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