''Rectaxis'' is a
genus
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of
predatory
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air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
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pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Spiraxidae
Spiraxidae is a family of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the superfamily Testacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
The distribution of th ...
.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from
Venezuela
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to
Mexico
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.
[Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008)]
"AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA"
accessed 14 January 2011.
Species
Species in the genus ''Rectaxis'' include:
* ''
Rectaxis alvaradoi'' (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)
* ''
Rectaxis canalizonalis'' (Pilsbry, 1930)
* ''
Rectaxis confertestriatus'' (Strebel, 1882)
* ''
Rectaxis decussatus'' Baker, 1926 - type species
* ''
Rectaxis funibus'' (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)
* ''
Rectaxis granum'' (H. B. Baker, 1939)
* ''
Rectaxis intermedius'' (Strebel, 1882)
* ''
Rectaxis pagodus'' Thompson, 2010
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* ''
Rectaxis paulisculpta'' (Rehder, 1942)
* ''
Rectaxis pittieri'' (Von Martens, 1898)
* ''
Rectaxis rhabdus'' (Pilsbry, 1907)
* ''
Rectaxis subnitidus'' (H. B. Baker, 1939)
* ''
Rectaxis subtilis'' (H. B. Baker, 1939)
References
Spiraxidae
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