Periaulax

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

Species[edit]

Species in the genus Periaulax include:

Periaulax rimosus^[2]
Periaulax tsheganica Amitrov, 2010 - It existed in what is now Kazakhstan during the Eocene period.^[3]

It formerly contained the species Periaulax spiratus, which is currently recognized as Margarites spiratus.^[4]

^ Cossmann (1888). Ann. Soc. malac. Belgique 23: 62.
^ Kollmann H. A. & Odin G. S. (2001) "Chapter D2 Gastropods from the Upper Cretaceous geological site at Tercis les Bains (SW France)".Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19: 437-451. doi:10.1016/S0920-5446(01)80045-5.
^ Amitrov O. (2010). "Gastropods of rare families from the Tshegan Formation of Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal 44(4): 384-390. doi:10.1134/S0031030110040039.
^ (1984). Annales de la Société royale zoologique de Belgique, Published by the Society 114-116: 316.

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