Periaulax

Extinct genus of gastropods

Periaulax

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

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clade Vetigastropoda

Superfamily:  |

Trochoidea

Family:  |

Trochidae

Genus:  |

Periaulax

Cossmann, 1888[1]

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Cossmann (1888). Ann. Soc. malac. Belgique 23: 62.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Amitrov O. (2010). "Gastropods of rare families from the Tshegan Formation of Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal 44(4): 384-390. doi:10.1134/S0031030110040039.
4. ^ (1984). Annales de la Société royale zoologique de Belgique, Published by the Society 114-116: 316.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7168371
* Fossilworks: 9089
* GBIF: 4615799
* IRMNG: 1068703

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