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Rictaxis

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

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Rictaxis
Rictaxis punctocaelatus shells
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Rictaxis
Dall, 18711
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  • Actaeon (Rictaxis) Dall, 1871 superseded rank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  • Acteon (Rictaxis) Dall, 1871 superseded rank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

References

  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. 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.