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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
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
• 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

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 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine.

• Spiraxidae