Rictaxis

Rictaxis
Rictaxis punctocaelatus shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Acteonidae
Genus: Rictaxis
Dall, 1871
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  • Actaeon (Rictaxis) Dall, 1871 superseded rank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  • Acteon (Rictaxis) Dall, 1871 superseded rank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.

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

Species

Species within the genus Rictaxis include:

Species that have been synonymized

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
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