Volutaxis Strebel & Pfeffer 1882

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.^[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]

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