{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Rectaxis | authority = H. B. Baker, 1926<ref>Baker H. B. (1926). "The Mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Williamson Expedition in Venezuela – IV". ''Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Mich.'' '''167''': 1-49. page 7.</ref> }}
'''''Rectaxis''''' is a genus of predatory air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spiraxidae.
== Distribution == The distribution of the genus ''Rectaxis'' is an area that reaches from Venezuela to Mexico.<ref name="Thompson 2008">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.</ref>
== Species == Species in the genus ''Rectaxis'' include:
* ''Rectaxis alvaradoi'' (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Rectaxis canalizonalis'' (Pilsbry, 1930)<ref name="Thompson 2010"/> * ''Rectaxis confertestriatus'' (Strebel, 1882)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Rectaxis decussatus'' Baker, 1926 - type species<ref name="Thompson 2008"/><ref name="Thompson 2010"/> * ''Rectaxis funibus'' (Goodrich & van der Schalie, 1937)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Rectaxis granum'' (H. B. Baker, 1939)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Rectaxis intermedius'' (Strebel, 1882)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Rectaxis pagodus'' Thompson, 2010<ref name="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 | doi-access = free }}, [http://www.ots.ac.cr/tropiweb/attachments/volumes/vol58-1/15-Thompson-land-snails-costa-rica-panama.pdf PDF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629182603/http://www.ots.ac.cr/tropiweb/attachments/volumes/vol58-1/15-Thompson-land-snails-costa-rica-panama.pdf |date=2011-06-29 }}.</ref> * ''Rectaxis paulisculpta'' (Rehder, 1942)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/><ref name="Thompson 2010"/> * ''Rectaxis pittieri'' (Von Martens, 1898)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Rectaxis rhabdus'' (Pilsbry, 1907)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Rectaxis subnitidus'' (H. B. Baker, 1939)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/> * ''Rectaxis subtilis'' (H. B. Baker, 1939)<ref name="Thompson 2008"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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