Biology:Rectaxis

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Rectaxis
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Spiraxinae
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Rectaxis

H. B. Baker, 1926[1]
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Rectaxis is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

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. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 14 January 2011.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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 .

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