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Spirolaxis
Plate 1 of 1. Di Monterosato, 1890, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist

Spirolaxis

Spirolaxis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Spirolaxis lamellifer

speciesSpirolaxis lamellifer

Spirolaxis argonauta

speciesSpirolaxis argonauta

Spirolaxis cornuarietis

speciesSpirolaxis cornuarietis

Spirolaxis rotulacatharinea

speciesSpirolaxis rotulacatharinea

Spirolaxis centrifuga

speciesSpirolaxis centrifuga

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246462.