Callianax
Genus of gastropods
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Callianax is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Olivellinae of the family Olividae, the olives.[1]
| Callianax | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Subfamily: | Olivellinae |
| Genus: | Callianax H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Oliva biplicata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Olivella (Callianax) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank) | |
Description
Species
- Callianax alectona (Duclos, 1835)
- Callianax biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Callianax diegensis (Oldroyd, 1921)
- Callianax strigata (Reeve, 1850)