Spiraxis Newberry 1885 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Edestidae

Parent taxon: Edestidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Edestus, Euctenius, Lestrodus, Prospiraxis, Protopirata, Syntomodus

Subtaxa: Spiraxis bivalvis

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Type: Spiraxis major

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Spiraxis in the database

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