Rectaxis Explained

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.^[1]

Species

Species in the genus Rectaxis include:

• Rectaxis alvaradoi (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)^[1]
• Rectaxis canalizonalis (Pilsbry, 1930)
• Rectaxis confertestriatus (Strebel, 1882)^[1]
• Rectaxis decussatus Baker, 1926 - type species^[1]
• Rectaxis funibus (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)^[1]
• Rectaxis granum (H. B. Baker, 1939)^[1]
• Rectaxis intermedius (Strebel, 1882)^[1]
• Rectaxis pagodus Thompson, 2010^[2]
• Rectaxis paulisculpta (Rehder, 1942)^{[1] [2]}
• Rectaxis pittieri (Von Martens, 1898)^[1]
• Rectaxis rhabdus (Pilsbry, 1907)^[1]
• Rectaxis subnitidus (H. B. Baker, 1939)^[1]
• Rectaxis subtilis (H. B. Baker, 1939)^[1]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Thompson . F. G. . Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae) . Revista de Biología Tropical . 58 . 1 . 195–202 . 2010 . 20411717 . 10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5204. free ., PDF .