''Liniaxis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of medium-sized

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the

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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...

, the murex snails and rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Liniaxis'' include: * ''Liniaxis elaborata'' A. & H. Adams, 1863, a synonym of '' Coralliophila elaborata'' (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1863) * '' Liniaxis elongata'' C. F. Laseron, 1955, this may be a synonym of, or a closely related species to the '' Mipus nodosus'' complex (A. Adams, 1854) Seashells of New South Wales : ''Mipus nodosus''
/ref> * ''Liniaxis sertata'' (Hedley, 1903), a synonym of '' Coralliophila sertata'' (Hedley, 1903)

References

The Paleobiology Database: Liniaxis

Species

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Further reading