MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Omalaxinae Cossmann, 1916 †

ERMS taxon details

Omalaxinae Cossmann, 1916 †

AphiaID

849950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:849950)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Turritellidae Lovén, 1847

Synonymised names

Omalaxidae Cossmann, 1916 † · unaccepted

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Genus Omalaxis Deshayes, 1832 †

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Omalaxinae Cossmann, 1916 †. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=849950 on 2026-08-12

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Omalaxinae Cossmann, 1916 †. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849950 on 2026-08-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2015-06-19 09:24:01Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Omalaxidae Cossmann, 1916 †) Cossmann M. (1916). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Dixième livraison. Paris, published by the author. 292 pp., 12 pls. ["1915"; 1916]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111980 [details]

status source Lozouet P. (2012). Position systématique de quelques gastéropodes de l'Eocène à dernier tour disjoint (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda): Delphinula conica, Omalaxis, Eoatlanta. Cossmanniana. 14: 57-66. [details] Available for editors

status source Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors

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