Rectaxis

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Rectaxis
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Rectaxis

H. B. Baker, 1926[1]
Diversity
species

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

Distribution[edit]

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

Species[edit]

Species in the genus Rectaxis include:

References[edit]

  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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. ^ a b c d 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.