Volutaxis

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title: "Volutaxis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["spiraxidae"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/spiraxidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volutaxis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Bulimus scalariopsis (MNHN-IM-2000-5568) 002.jpeg | image_caption = Shell of Volutaxis scalariopsis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | taxon = Volutaxis | authority = Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882Strebel H. & Pfeffer (1882). Beitr. Mezik. Land- u. Süssw. Conch. 5: 119. | diversity_link = | diversity = 28 species (in this list)

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.

Species

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

Subgenus Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer, 1882

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

Subgenus Mirapex Baker, 1939 include one species:

• Volutaxis enigmaticus (H. B. Baker, 1939)

Subgenus Versutaxis Baker, 1939

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

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

References

References

1. 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.

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