Volutaxis

Volutaxis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Testacelloidea
Family: Spiraxidae
Subfamily: Spiraxinae
Genus: Volutaxis
Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882[1]
Diversity
28 species (in this list)

Volutaxis is a genus of land snails in the family Spiraxidae.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Volutaxis include Mexico, Central America and the Greater Antilles.[2]

Species

There are three[3] subgenera in the genus Volutaxis and species in the genus Volutaxis include:

subgenus Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882

subgenus Mirapex Baker, 1939 include one[2] species:

subgenus Versutaxis Baker, 1939[2]

Volutaxis (Mirapex ?) acus (Shuttleworth, 1852) is nonen dubium.[2]

References

  1. ^ Strebel H. & Pfeffer (1882). Beitr. Mezik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 119.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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. PubMed, PDF.