species: Planaxis sulcatus in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Planaxis sulcatus


©Anne Hoggett: Planaxis sulcatus about 2 cm long on intertidal rock at Loomis Beach, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Planaxis sulcatus about 2 cm long on intertidal rock at Loomis Beach, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Family Planaxidae
Genus Planaxis
Species Planaxis sulcatus

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 3.5 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells: 1. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.

Other references

  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.
  • Strong, E.E. (2011). More than a gut feeling: utility of midgut anatomy in phylogeny of the Cerithioidea (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 162: 585-630. LIRS catalog number 1503.