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.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.
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, PDF . 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.
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