Volutaxis

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

Volutaxis
Shell of Volutaxis scalariopsis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Testacelloidea
Family:	Spiraxidae
Subfamily:	Spiraxinae
Genus:	Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882[1]
Diversity
28 species (in this list)

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Volutaxis includes Mexico, Central America, and the Greater Antilles.[2]

Species

There are three[3] subgenera in the genus Volutaxis. Species in the genus Volutaxis include:

Subgenus Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882

• Volutaxis blandiana (Pilsbry, 1909)[2]
• Volutaxis cacahuamilpensis (Herrera, 1891)[2]
• Volutaxis confertecostatus Strebel, 1882[2]
• Volutaxis delicatus (Pilsbry, 1907)[2]
• Volutaxis eburneus Thompson, 2010[3]
• Volutaxis fallax (H. B. Baker, 1940)[2]
• Volutaxis linearis (Pfeiffer, 1866)[2]
• Volutaxis livingstonensis (Pilsbry, 1920)[2]
• Volutaxis longior (Pilsbry, 1920)[2]
• Volutaxis maya Bequaert & Clench, 1931[2]
• Volutaxis nitidus Strebel, 1882[2]
• Volutaxis rhoadsi (Pilsbry, 1899)[2]
• Volutaxis scalariopsis (Morelet, 1851)[2]
• Volutaxis scalella (Von Martens, 1898)[2]
• Volutaxis strebeli (Pilsbry, 1907)[2]
• Volutaxis subulinus (H. B. Baker, 1940)[2]
• Volutaxis sulciferus (Morelet, 1851)[2]
• Volutaxis tenuecostatus Strebel, 1882[2]
• Volutaxis tenuis (Pfeiffer, 1868)[2]
• Volutaxis uruapamensis (Pilsbry, 1899)[2]

Subgenus Mirapex Baker, 1939 include one[2] species:

• Volutaxis enigmaticus (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]

Subgenus Versutaxis Baker, 1939[2]

• Volutaxis arctatus (H. B. Baker, 1940)[2]
• Volutaxis futilis (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
• Volutaxis opeas (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
• Volutaxis odiosus (Pilsbry, 1899)[2]
• Volutaxis patzcuarensis (Pilsbry, 1899)[2]
• Volutaxis subgranum (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]
• Volutaxis subopeas (H. B. Baker, 1939)[2]

Volutaxis (Mirapex ?) acus (Shuttleworth, 1852) is nomen dubium.[2]

References

1. Strebel H. & Pfeffer (1882). Beitr. Mezik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 119.
2. Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AND FRESHWATER SNAILS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA". "PART 4 PULMONATA (ACHATINOIDEA-SAGDOIDEA)". accessed 14 January 2011.
3. Thompson, F. G. (2010). "Four species of land snails from Costa Rica and Panama (Pulmonata: Spiraxidae)". Revista de Biología Tropical. 58 (1): 195–202. doi:10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5204. PMID 20411717., PDF Archived 2011-06-01 at WebCite.