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species
Psilaxis krebsii (O.A.L. Mörch, 1875)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Allogastropoda » family Architectonicidae - Sundials » genus Psilaxis
ID: 1520457
pID: 167359
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2020-12-05 19:49:22 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2020-12-05 19:50:39 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-02-20 00:40:53
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[[t:1520457;<em>Psilaxis krebsii</em>]] (O.A.L. Mörch, 1875)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1520457/"><em>Psilaxis krebsii</em></a>
pID: 167359
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2020-12-05 19:49:22 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2020-12-05 19:50:39 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-02-20 00:40:53
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1520457/
Text function: [[t:1520457;<em>Psilaxis krebsii</em>]]
[[t:1520457;<em>Psilaxis krebsii</em>]] (O.A.L. Mörch, 1875)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1520457/"><em>Psilaxis krebsii</em></a>
Data source: World Wide Mollusc Species Data Base.
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Author: Ardovini, R. & Cossignani, T.
Author: Martins et al.
Author: Tunnell et al.
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Author: Jan Delsing
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Psilaxis krebsii (Morch, 1875) Smooth Sundial
Distribution: North Carolina, Florida, Texas; Brazil; Bermuda. Size: 14 mm
Description: Color creamish with brownish narrow bands on teleoconch; shape wide and conic; sculpture of spiral cords with strongest cord above the suture, another cord below that, and a thin cord below both; spire with first stage smoothish, second stage with squarish beads at suture of whorl; base rounded with a beaded minor and plicate major cord on umbilical wall; umbilicus wide and deep.
Habitat: On sandy bottoms at depths from 9 to 115 m (30 to 380 ft). Remarks: Alive in deeper water from 90 to 100 m (297 to 330 ft). See Warmke and Abbott (1961); Jong and Coomans (1988).
Distribution: North Carolina, Florida, Texas; Brazil; Bermuda. Size: 14 mm
Description: Color creamish with brownish narrow bands on teleoconch; shape wide and conic; sculpture of spiral cords with strongest cord above the suture, another cord below that, and a thin cord below both; spire with first stage smoothish, second stage with squarish beads at suture of whorl; base rounded with a beaded minor and plicate major cord on umbilical wall; umbilicus wide and deep.
Habitat: On sandy bottoms at depths from 9 to 115 m (30 to 380 ft). Remarks: Alive in deeper water from 90 to 100 m (297 to 330 ft). See Warmke and Abbott (1961); Jong and Coomans (1988).
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Psilaxis krebsii Mörch, 1875]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013