Rectaxis

<i>Rectaxis</i>

Rectaxis

Genus of gastropods


Rectaxis is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

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Distribution

The distribution of the genus Rectaxis is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.[2]

Species

Species in the genus Rectaxis include:

  • Rectaxis alvaradoi (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)[2]
  • Rectaxis canalizonalis (Pilsbry, 1930)[3]
  • Rectaxis confertestriatus (Strebel, 1882)[2]
  • Rectaxis decussatus Baker, 1926 - type species[2][3]
  • Rectaxis funibus (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)[2]
  • Rectaxis granum (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
  • Rectaxis intermedius (Strebel, 1882)[2]
  • Rectaxis pagodus Thompson, 2010[3]
  • Rectaxis paulisculpta (Rehder, 1942)[2][3]
  • Rectaxis pittieri (Von Martens, 1898)[2]
  • Rectaxis rhabdus (Pilsbry, 1907)[2]
  • Rectaxis subnitidus (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
  • Rectaxis subtilis (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]

References

  1. Baker H. B. (1926). "The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Williamson Expedition in Venezuela – IV". Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Mich. 167: 1-49. page 7.
  2. Thompson, F. G. (2010). "Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 58 (1): 195–202. doi:10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5204. PMID 20411717., PDF Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine.



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