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

References

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Category:Spiraxidae

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