Biology:Spiraxis

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Spiraxis
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Spiraxinae
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Spiraxis

C. B. Adams, 1850

Spiraxis is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.[1]

Spiraxis is the type genus of family Spiraxidae.[2]

Species

Some species belonging to this genus are:

  • Spiraxis nitidus pittieri Martens, 1898 [3]
  • Spiraxis paulisculpta Rehder, 1942[3]
  • Spiraxis scalella Martens, 1898[3]

References

  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 .
  2. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel; Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical 51: 293–304. https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/26388/26575. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7577794 entry