Planaxis savignyi

Planaxis savignyi
Shell of Planaxis savignyi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	Planaxidae
Genus:	Planaxis
Species:	P. savignyi
Binomial name
Planaxis savignyi Deshayes, 1844
Synonyms
Buccinum griseum Brocchi, 1821 (invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum griseum Schröter, 1805) Planaxis griseus Brocchi, 1821 Tricolia draparnaudi Audouin, 1826

Planaxis savignyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Planaxidae.

Description

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The length of the shell attains 17 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea.

References

• Brocchi, G. B. (1821). Catalogo di una serie di conchiglie raccolte presso la costa africana del golfo Arabico dal sig. G. Forni. Biblioteca Italiana, ossia Giornale di letteratura scienze ed arti. 24: 73-86, 209-226.
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21-74

External links

• Deshayes, G. P. (1844). G. Planaxis. Lamarck. P. savignyi. Deshayes. Magasin de Zoologie. ser. 2, 6: pl. 109.
• Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245
• Janssen, R.; Zuschin, M. & Baal, C. (2011). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 2: Caenogastropoda: Sorbeoconcha and Littorinimorpha. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museum Wien, ser. A. 113: 373-509.