Pinaxia

Pinaxia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description
The shell is conical. The spire is short and acute. The aperture is oval-oblong, emarginate anteriorly. The inner lip is flattened, with several transverse plaits in the middle. The outer lip is acute and grooved internally.

Species
Species within the genus Pinaxia include:
 * Pinaxia coronata (H. Adams, 1853)
 * Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839)