Planaxis sulcatus
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Planaxis sulcatus,
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the
Mascarene Basin.[1]
It is also found off the Pakistani coast, specially Sonmiani Bay (Miani hor).
Description
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.
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Ecology
Parasites of Planaxis sulcatus include trematode Lobatostoma manteri.[2]
References
- ^ a b Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- PMID 25781098.
- Tan S.K. & Low M.E.Y. (2014) Singapore Mollusca: 5. The subfamily Planaxinae (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Planaxidae). Nature in Singapore 7: 15-23
- Hasegawa K. (2017). Family Planaxidae. Pp. 794-795, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
- Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
External links
- Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere.
- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Lamarck, (J.-B. M) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp]
- Deshayes, G. P. (1828). Planaxe. Planaxis. pp. 12-13. In: J. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle, vol. 14. Rey & Gravier, and Baudouin frères, Paris.
- Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie
- Adams, A. (1853). Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19: 267-272.
- Dunker, W. (1861). Beschreibung neuer Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 8 (2): 35-45.
- Wiggering, B.; Neiber, M. T.; Gebauer, K.; Glaubrecht, M. (2020). One species, two developmental modes: a case of geographic poecilogony in marine gastropods. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 20(1)
- "Planaxis sulcatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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