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Periaulax

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Trochidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Trochoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Periaulax is an extinct genus of gastropods in the Trochidae family.

Species

Species in the genus Periaulax include:

  • Periaulax rimosus
  • Periaulax tsheganica Amitrov, 2010 - It existed in what is now Kazakhstan during the Eocene period.
  • It formerly contained the species Periaulax spiratus, which is currently recognized as Margarites spiratus.

    References

    Periaulax Wikipedia