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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Not assigned
Family: Planaxidae grooved snails

Genus: Planaxis

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7 species (see list below)
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Planaxis buccineus
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm ShH
 
Planaxis niger
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Planaxis nucleus(Bruguiere, 1789)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Planaxis nucleus
[Black Atlantic planaxis]
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Planaxis obsoletus
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Planaxis savignyi
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Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 3 cm SHL
Planaxis sulcatus(Born, 1780)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Planaxis sulcatus
[Sulcate planaxis]
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Planaxis suturalis
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