''Rectartemon'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...

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 inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the family

Streptaxidae Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora. Streptaxidae are monophyletic while all subfamilies and several genera are polyphyletic. Six Streptaxi ...

Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: *

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

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* Caribbean IslandsSutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". ''

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Species

Species within the genus ''Rectartemon'' include: * '' Rectartemon apertus'' (Martens, 1868) * ''

Rectartemon candidus ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Spix, 1827) * ''

Rectartemon cappilosus ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1897) * ''

Rectartemon cryptodon ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Moricand, 1851) * ''

Rectartemon depressus ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Heynemann, 1868)Agudo-Padrón A. I. (14 May) 2009
''Recent Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs of Rio Grande do Sul State, RS, Southern Brazil Region: A Comprehensive Synthesis and Check List''
. Visaya April 2009, pages 1-13. * ''

Rectartemon helios ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1897) * ''

Rectartemon hylephilus ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (d’Orbigny, 1835) * ''

Rectartemon intermedius ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Albers, 1857) * ''

Rectartemon mulleri ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Thiele, 1927) * ''

Rectartemon politus ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Fulton, 1899) * ''

Rectartemon rollandi ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Bernardi, 1857) * ''

Rectartemon spixianus ''Rectartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution The distribution of the genus ''Rectartemon'' includes: * Brazil * Venezuela * Caribbean IslandsSutchar ...

'' (Pfeiffer, 1841) * '' Rectartemon wagneri'' (Pfeiffer, 1841) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". ''Rev. Biol. Trop.'' 51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract)
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