Rictaxis

Rictaxis
Rictaxis punctocaelatus shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Rictaxis
Dall, 1871[1]
Synonyms
  • Actaeon (Rictaxis) Dall, 1871 superseded rank
  • † Actaeonidea Gabb, 1873 junior subjective synonym
  • Acteon (Rictaxis) Dall, 1871 superseded rank

Rictaxis is a genus of minute sea snails or "bubble snails", marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails.[2]

The genus name is derived from Latin words, meaning "open mouth", and "axis" referring to the columella.

Species

Species within the genus Rictaxis include:

  • † Rictaxis achatinus (Sacco, 1896)
  • Rictaxis albus (G. B. Sowerb III, 1873) (synonym Acteon albus Sowerby, 1873)
  • † Rictaxis austriacus Harzhauser, Landau & Malaquias, 2026
  • † Rictaxis dactylinus (Deshayes, 1862)
  • † Rictaxis munieri (Deshayes, 1862)
  • Rictaxis painei (Dall, 1903)
  • Rictaxis punctocaelatus (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Rictaxis rarius Poppe & Tagaro, 2026
  • Rictaxis sanguinea Valdès, 2008
  • † Rictaxis selandicus (Ravn, 1933)
  • † Rictaxis siedli Harzhauser, Landau & Malaquias, 2026
  • † Rictaxis tornatus (Millet, 1854)
  • † Rictaxis ursulae Harzhauser, Landau & Malaquias, 2026
Species that have been synonymized
  • Rictaxis albus (B. Sowerby III, 1874)[3]
    • Distribution : South Africa. False Bay to KwaZulu-Natal 10 to 165m, endemic, mixed sand and rocky reef.[3] Living animals have omly been collected from Algoa Bay.[3]
    • Length : 10–21 mm
    • Description : white shell with numerous spiraling white to light brown grooves.
  • Rictaxis painei Dall, 1903
    • Distribution : America

References

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  1. ↑ Dall (1871). Amer. J. Conch. 7: page 136.
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2011). Rictaxis Dall, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160472 on 2011-12-14
  3. 1 2 3 Gosliner, Terrence; Jones, Georgina; Beasley, Lisa; Claassens, Louw; Fraser, Valda; Herbert, David; Jonker, Kate; Liltved, William; Ogden, Colin; Ogden, Maddy; Pretorius, Veronique; Pritchard, Duncan; Scott, Robyn; Sellick, Brian; Sherry, Kate; Snyman, Evania; Southwood, Peter; Strömvoll, Jenny; Thornycroft, Roseanne; Tiberiçá, Yara; Toms, Jessica; van der Colff, Carel; van Jaarsveld, Christo; van Jaarsveld, Petro; Walne, Helen; Zsilavecz, Guido (2023). Gosliner, Terrence; Jones, Georgina (eds.). Southern African Sea Slugs. Cape Town: Southern Underwater Research Group (SURG). pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-7961-2202-5.



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