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Family: Planaxidae grooved snails



(See list of species below)

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33 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Angiola brasiliana
[]
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Angiola fasciata
[Gastropods]

Coltro, Marcus

Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 1 cm DL
Angiola lineata(da Costa, 1778)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Angiola lineata
[Dwarf Atlantic planaxis]
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Angiola punctostriata
[]
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Fissilabia decollata
[Decollate planaxis]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Fossarus ambiguus
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Fossarus bellus
[Beautiful fossarus]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Fossarus compactus
[Compact fossarus]
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Fossarus cumingii
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Fossarus dentifer
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Fossarus elegans
[Elegant fossarus]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Fossarus fischeri
[]
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Fossarus garrettii
[]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Fossarus laeviusculus
[]
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Fossarus lamellosus
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Fossarus multicostatus
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Fossarus orbignyi
[Orbigny's fossarus]
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Fossarus trochlearis
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Fossarus tuberculosus
[]
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Hinea akuana
[]
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Hinea brasiliana
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Hinea inepta
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Hinea lineata
[Dwarf planaxis]
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Hinea zonata
[]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Lissospira ornata
[]
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Planaxis buccineus
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm ShH
 
Planaxis niger
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Planaxis nucleus(Bruguiere, 1789)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Planaxis nucleus
[Black Atlantic planaxis]
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Planaxis obsoletus
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Planaxis savignyi
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 3 cm SHL
Planaxis sulcatus(Born, 1780)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Planaxis sulcatus
[Sulcate planaxis]
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Planaxis suturalis
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Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Supplanaxis nucleus
[Black planaxis]


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