Fax (gastropod)

Genus of gastropods

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Fax

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Buccinoidea
Family:  | incertae sedis
Genus:  | Fax
Iredale, 1925
Type species
Phos tabidus

Hedley, 1904

Synonyms

Scaeofax Iredale, 1931

Fax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1]

## Species

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* Fax grandior (Verco, 1908)
* Fax molleri (Iredale, 1931)
* Fax tabidus (Hedley, 1904)
* Fax tenuicostatus (Tenison Woods, 1877)

Synonyms

* Fax alertae Dell, 1956: synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) alertae (Dell, 1956) represented as Cominella alertae (Dell, 1956) (basionym)
* Fax mirabilis (Powell, 1929): synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis mirabilis Powell, 1929 represented as Cominella mirabilis mirabilis Powell, 1929
* Fax powelli C. A. Fleming, 1948: synonym of Cominella (Eucominia) mirabilis powelli (C. A. Fleming, 1948) represented as Cominella mirabilis powelli (C. A. Fleming, 1948) (basionym)

## References

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1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Fax Iredale, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490518 on 2022-04-28

* Fraussen, K. (2010). Buccinidae checklist. Pers. Com.

Taxon identifiers

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* Wikidata: Q18591754
* AFD: Fax
* GBIF: 4600986
* IRMNG: 1013391
* NCBI: 620373
* Open Tree of Life: 2901396
* Paleobiology Database: 11120
* WoRMS: 490518

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