Planaxis sulcatus

Planaxis sulcatus
	Planaxis sulcatus shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Planaxidae
Genus:	Planaxis
Species:	P. sulcatus
Binomial name
	Planaxis sulcatus; (Born, 1791)
Synonyms
	Buccinum pyramidale Gmelin, 1791; Buccinum sulcatum Born, 1778 (original combination); Planaxis brevis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833; Planaxis buccinoides Deshayes, 1828; Planaxis menkeanus Dunker, 1862; Planaxis obscura A. Adams, 1853; Planaxis undulata Lamarck, 1822;

Planaxis sulcatus, common name the tropical periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Planaxidae.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania and off Mauritius, Chagos, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.[1] It is also found off the Pakistani coast, specially Sonmiani Bay (Miani hor).

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.

Parasites of Planaxis sulcatus include trematode Lobatostoma manteri.[2]

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Planaxis sulcatus (Born, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (12 February 2015). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World". Zootaxa. 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098.

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