Spiraxis
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| taxon = Spiraxis
| authority = 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.{{Cite journal
| last1 = Thompson | first1 = F. G.
| title = Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae)
| journal = Revista de Biología Tropical
| volume = 58
| issue = 1
| pages = 195–202
| year = 2010
| pmid = 20411717
| doi=10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5204
| url = https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/download/5204/5004
| doi-access = free
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Spiraxis is the type genus of family Spiraxidae.{{Bouchet 2005}}
Species
Some species belonging to this genus are:
- Spiraxis cingalensis Benson, 1863
- Spiraxis nitidus pittieri Martens, 1898 {{Cite journal|last=Barrientos|first=Zaidett|date=2003|title=Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica|url=https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/26388/26575|journal=Revista de Biología Tropical|volume=51|pages=293–304}}
- Spiraxis paulisculpta Rehder, 1942
- Spiraxis scalella Martens, 1898