Spiraxis
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Genus: | Spiraxis C. B. Adams, 1850
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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[edit]
Some species belonging to this genus are:
- Spiraxis nitidus pittieri Martens, 1898 [3]
- Spiraxis paulisculpta Rehder, 1942[3]
- Spiraxis scalella Martens, 1898[3]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ a b c Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.