Spirolaxis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spirolaxis Monterosato, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137668 on 2022-06-20
Description (Original description) The shell is discoidal; its whorls are quadrangular, detached, and solute. Monterosato, T. A. di. (1913). Note on the genus Pseudomalaxis, Fischer, and descriptions of a new species and sub-genus. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10(6): 362-363
Species Spirolaxis argonauta Bieler, 1993 Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890) Spirolaxis clenchi Jaume & Borro, 1946 † Spirolaxis cohaerentia Laws, 1944 Spirolaxis cornuammonis (Melvill & Standen, 1903) Spirolaxis cornuarietis Bieler, 1993 Spirolaxis exornatus Bieler, 1993 Spirolaxis lamellifer (Rehder, 1935) Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea (Melvill & Standen, 1903) Synonyms Spirolaxis macandrewi (Iredale, 1911): synonym of Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)
References
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
External links
Rehder H.A. 1935. New Caribbean marine shells. The Nautilus, 48: 127-130 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213