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Periaulax is an extinct genus of gastropods in the family Trochidae.

Species

Species in the genus Periaulax include:

• Periaulax rimosus
• Periaulax tsheganica Amitrov, 2010 - It existed in what is now Kazakhstan during the Eocene period.

It formerly contained the species Periaulax spiratus, which is currently recognized as Margarites spiratus.

References

1. Cossmann (1888). Ann. Soc. malac. Belgique 23: 62.
2. Kollmann H. A. & Odin G. S. (2001) "Chapter D2 Gastropods from the Upper Cretaceous geological site at Tercis les Bains (SW France)".Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 19: 437-451. doi:10.1016/S0920-5446(01)80045-5.
3. Amitrov O. (2010). "Gastropods of rare families from the Tshegan Formation of Kazakhstan". Paleontological Journal 44(4): 384-390. doi:10.1134/S0031030110040039.
4. (1984). Annales de la Société royale zoologique de Belgique, Published by the Society 114-116: 316.

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