MolluscaBase - Calaxis Bourguignat, 1887

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Calaxis Bourguignat, 1887

AphiaID

996309 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996309)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Tornatellina hierosolymarum J. R. Roth, 1855 accepted as Calaxis hierosolymarum (J. R. Roth, 1855)

Parent

Ferussaciidae Bourguignat, 1883

Original name

Calaxis Bourguignat, 1887

Synonymised names

Elasmophora Westerlund, 1887 · unaccepted

Direct children (5)

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Species Calaxis cypria (Kobelt, 1896)
Species Calaxis gracilis Forcart, 1981
Species Calaxis hierosolymarum (J. R. Roth, 1855)
Species Calaxis rothi (Bourguignat, 1864) accepted as Calaxis hierosolymarum (J. R. Roth, 1855) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Calaxis saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1864) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Original description

Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 114 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Calaxis Bourguignat, 1887. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996309 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2023-03-08 06:05:43Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Letourneux, A. & Bourguignat, J.-R. (1887). Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 166 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227711
page(s): 114 [details]