Callianax

Callianax is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Olivellinae of the family Olividae, the olives.^[1]

Callianax
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
Olivella (Callianax) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)

Description

The shell is not polished. The acute spire is produced with the suture channelled. The aperture is wide and effuse in front. The callus of the inner lip is thick and defined. The columella is simple, or with a few plaits anteriorly. ^[2]

Species

• Callianax alectona (Duclos, 1835)
• Callianax biplicata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
• Callianax diegensis (Oldroyd, 1921)
• Callianax strigata (Reeve, 1850)