Volutaxis is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
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| Shell of Volutaxis scalariopsis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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| Genus: | Volutaxis |
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| 28 species (in this list) | |
Distribution
editThe distribution of the genus Volutaxis includes Mexico, Central America, and the Greater Antilles.[2]
Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ Strebel H. & Pfeffer (1882). Beitr. Mezik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 119.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae 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.
- ^ a b 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.