Volutaxis

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image = Bulimus scalariopsis (MNHN-IM-2000-5568) 002.jpeg

| image_caption = Shell of Volutaxis scalariopsis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra

| superfamilia = Testacelloidea

| familia = Spiraxidae

| subfamilia = Spiraxinae

| genus = Volutaxis

| genus_authority = Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882Strebel H. & Pfeffer (1882). Beitr. Mezik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 119.

| diversity_link =

| diversity =

28 species (in this list)

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Volutaxis is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Volutaxis includes Mexico, Central America, and the Greater Antilles.Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/mexico-central_america_snail_checklist/index.htm "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA"]. [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/mexico-central_america_snail_checklist/part4.htm "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)"]. accessed 14 January 2011.

Species

There are three subgenera in the genus Volutaxis. Species in the genus Volutaxis include:

Subgenus Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882

| 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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Subgenus Mirapex Baker, 1939 include one species:

Subgenus Versutaxis Baker, 1939

Volutaxis (Mirapex ?) acus (Shuttleworth, 1852) is nomen dubium.

References

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Category:Spiraxidae