Rictaxis

Rictaxis
Rictaxis punctocaelatus shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Acteonidae
Genus:	Rictaxis Dall, 1871 [1]

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 albus (Sowerby, 1873) (synonym Acteon albusSowerby, 1873)
• Rictaxis painei (Dall, 1903)
• Rictaxis punctocaelatus (Carpenter, 1864)
• Rictaxis sanguinea Valdès, 2008

Species that have been synonymized

• Rictaxis punctostriatus : synonym of Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)

• 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

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.