Spiralix is a genus of very small aquatic snails, operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Moitessieriidae.[1]

Spiralix
Shell of Spiralix asturica (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Moitessieriidae
Genus: Spiralix
Boeters, 1972
Type species
Lartetia rayi Bourguignat, 1883
Synonyms
  • Moitessieria (Spiralix) Boeters, 1972 (new combination)
  • Paladilhia (Spiralix) Boeters, 1972 (original rank)
  • Spiralix (Burgosia) Boeters, 2003 · alternate representation
  • Spiralix (Spiralix) Boeters, 1972 · alternate representation

Species

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Synonyms
  • Spiralix corsica (R. Bernasconi, 1994) : synonym of Corseria corsica (R. Bernasconi, 1994) (new combination)

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spiralix Boeters, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723847 on 2022-06-20
  • Boeters, H. D. (1972). Westeuropaische Moitessieriidae, 1. Spiralix n. subgen. (Prosobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 102: 99–106.

Girardi, H., 2009. Bythiospeum bournense, nouvelle espèce, Spiralix thaisensis, nouvelle espèce et observation de Bythiospeum garnieri (Sayn, 1889), de la grotte de Thaïs dans le massif du Vercors (Drome, Isère, France). Une malacofaune cavernicole remarquable. Documents Malacologiques Hors série 3: 175-190

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