Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass "Lower Heterobranchia" > Superfamily Architectonicoidea > Family Architectonicidae > Genus Spirolaxis

Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pseudomalaxis P. Fischer, 1885

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spirolaxis*	Monterosato, 1913	accepted genus name
*Pseudomalaxis (Paurodiscus)*	Rehder, 1935	synonym
*Pseudomalaxis (Spirolaxis)*	Monterosato, 1913	synonym
*Spirolaxis (Aguayodiscus)*	Jaume & Borro, 1946	synonym

Species group names

*Omalaxis exquisita*	Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901	synonym
*Omalaxis exquisitus*	Dall & C. T. Simpson, 1901	synonym
*Pseudomalaxis macandrewi*	Iredale, 1911	synonym
*Spirolaxis macandrewi*	(Iredale, 1911)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: exquisite false-dial sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Zentrifugal-Sonnenschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Melone G. & Taviani M. (1985). Revisione delle Architectonicidae del Mediterraneo. Lavori, Società Italiana di Malacologia 21: 149-192 [dated 1984 on front page]
additional source	Bieler, R. (1993). Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg. NF. 30: 1-376.
additional source	Bieler, R. (1984). Die Gattungen der Architectonicidae (Gastropoda: "Heterogastropoda"). Allgemeines und Teil 1: Pseudomalaxis. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 115 (1-3): 53-103, pls. 1-5 [28 September].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spirolaxis centrifuga (Monterosato, 1890). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420420