Biology:Volutaxis
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| Shell of Volutaxis scalariopsis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Spiraxinae
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| Genus: | Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882[1]
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| Diversity | |
| 28 species (in this list) | |
Volutaxis is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Volutaxis includes Mexico, Central America, and the Greater Antilles.[2]
Species
There are three[3] subgenera in the genus Volutaxis. Species in the genus Volutaxis include:
Subgenus Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882
- Volutaxis blandiana (Pilsbry, 1909)[2]
- Volutaxis cacahuamilpensis (Herrera, 1891)[2]
- Volutaxis confertecostatus Strebel, 1882[2]
- Volutaxis delicatus (Pilsbry, 1907)[2]
- Volutaxis eburneus Thompson, 2010[3]
- Volutaxis fallax (H. B. Baker, 1940)[2]
- Volutaxis linearis (Pfeiffer, 1866)[2]
- Volutaxis livingstonensis (Pilsbry, 1920)[2]
- Volutaxis longior (Pilsbry, 1920)[2]
- Volutaxis maya Bequaert & Clench, 1931[2]
- Volutaxis nitidus Strebel, 1882[2]
- Volutaxis rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899)[2]
- Volutaxis scalariopsis (Morelet, 1851)[2]
- Volutaxis scalella (Von Martens, 1898)[2]
- Volutaxis strebeli (Pilsbry, 1907)[2]
- Volutaxis subulinus (H. B. Baker, 1940)[2]
- Volutaxis sulciferus (Morelet, 1851)[2]
- Volutaxis tenuecostatus Strebel, 1882[2]
- Volutaxis tenuis (Pfeiffer, 1868)[2]
- Volutaxis uruapamensis (Pilsbry, 1899)[2]
Subgenus Mirapex Baker, 1939 include one[2] species:
- Volutaxis enigmaticus (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
Subgenus Versutaxis Baker, 1939[2]
- Volutaxis arctatus (H. B. Baker, 1940)[2]
- Volutaxis futilis (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
- Volutaxis opeas (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
- Volutaxis odiosus (Pilsbry, 1899)[2]
- Volutaxis patzcuarensis (Pilsbry, 1899)[2]
- Volutaxis subgranum (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
- Volutaxis subopeas (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
Volutaxis (Mirapex ?) acus (Shuttleworth, 1852) is nomen dubium.[2]
References
- ↑ Strebel H. & Pfeffer (1882). Beitr. Mezik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 119.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/download/5204/5004., PDF .
Wikidata ☰ Q7941116 entry
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