IRMNG - Omalaxis Deshayes, 1830 †

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Omalaxis Deshayes, 1830 †

IRMNG_ID

1342675 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1342675)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Turritellidae Lovén, 1847

Synonymised names

Bifrontia Deshayes, 1832 † · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name for...)

unnecessary substitute name for Omalaxis

Homalaxis P. Fischer, 1885 † · unaccepted (unjustified emendation of...)

unjustified emendation of Omalaxis

Omalalaxis Herrmannsen, 1847 † · unaccepted

Omaloxon Agassiz, 1845 † · unaccepted

Omaxlaxis Finlay, 1926 † · unaccepted

Omolaxon Paetel, 1875 † · unaccepted

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Species Omalaxis amoena Murdoch & Suter, 1906 † accepted as Pseudotorinia amoena (R. Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Species Omalaxis funiculus (Dall, 1892) † accepted as Vitrinella funiculus (Dall, 1892)
Species Omalaxis lirata A.E. Verrill, 1882 † accepted as Circulus liratus (A.E. Verrill, 1882)
Species Omalaxis meridionalis Hedley, 1903 † accepted as Pseudomalaxis zanclaeus (Philippi, 1844)
Species Omalaxis supranitidus (S. Wood, 1848) † accepted as Circulus supranitidus (S. Wood, 1848)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Ency. Méth. (Vers), 3
page(s): 659 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Omalaxis Deshayes, 1830 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1342675 on 2026-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2007-02-05 23:00:00Z

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2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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original description Ency. Méth. (Vers), 3
page(s): 659 [details]

basis of record Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

status source WoRMS (Nov 2016). [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family GBIF/Academy of Natural Sciences: MAL [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

habitat flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

original description (of Omaxlaxis Finlay, 1926 †) Trans. New Zealand Inst., 57, available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/transactions-and-proceedings-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand/1927/00/00/-57
page(s): 379 [details]

original description (of Omalalaxis Herrmannsen, 1847 †) Ind. Gen. Malacoz., 2
page(s): 144 [details]

original description (of Omolaxon Paetel, 1875 †) Paetel, F. (1875). Die bisher veröffentlichten Familien- und Gattungsnamen der Mollusken / zusammengestellt von Fr. Paetel. Gebrüder Paetel. Berlin; 229 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10584
page(s): 142 [details]

original description (of Bifrontia Deshayes, 1832 †) Descr. Coq. Foss. Paris, 2
page(s): 221 [details]

original description (of Homalaxis P. Fischer, 1885 †) Fischer, P.H. (1880–1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique ou Histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un appendice sur les brachiopodes. Librairie F. Savy, Paris; 1369 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 715 [details]

original description (of Omaloxon Agassiz, 1845 †) Nom. Zool. (Moll.)
page(s): 61 [details]

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Descriptive info Marine, fossil: Tertiary (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

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