''Rectaxis'' is a
genus
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of
predatory
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air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
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 or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod 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 thi ...
.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from
Venezuela
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to
Mexico
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.
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"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:
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Rectaxis alvaradoi
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)
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Rectaxis canalizonalis
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' (Pilsbry, 1930)
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Rectaxis confertestriatus
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' (Strebel, 1882)
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Rectaxis decussatus
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' Baker, 1926 - type species
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Rectaxis funibus
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)
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Rectaxis granum
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' (H. B. Baker, 1939)
* ''
Rectaxis intermedius
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' (Strebel, 1882)
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Rectaxis pagodus
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' Thompson, 2010
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Rectaxis paulisculpta
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' (Rehder, 1942)
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Rectaxis pittieri
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' (Von Martens, 1898)
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Rectaxis rhabdus
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from List of ...
'' (Pilsbry, 1907)
* ''
Rectaxis subnitidus
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.Thomps ...
'' (H. B. Baker, 1939)
* ''
Rectaxis subtilis
''Rectaxis'' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.T ...
'' (H. B. Baker, 1939)
References
Spiraxidae
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