# Spiraxis

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| taxon = Spiraxis
| authority = [C. B. Adams](/source/Charles_Baker_Adams), 1850
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'''''Spiraxis''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [predatory](/source/predatory) air-breathing [land snail](/source/land_snail)s, [terrestrial](/source/terrestrial_molluscs) [pulmonate](/source/pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the family [Spiraxidae](/source/Spiraxidae).<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](/source/Revista_de_Biolog%C3%ADa_Tropical) 
| volume = 58 
| issue = 1 
| pages = 195–202 
| year = 2010 
| pmid = 20411717
 | doi=10.15517/rbt.v58i1.5204
| url = https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/download/5204/5004 
| 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>

''Spiraxis'' is the [type genus](/source/type_genus) of family Spiraxidae.<ref>{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref>

== Species ==
Some species belonging to this genus are:
*''[Spiraxis cingalensis](/source/Spiraxis_cingalensis)'' Benson, 1863
* ''Spiraxis nitidus pittieri'' Martens, 1898 <ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Barrientos|first=Zaidett|date=2003|title=Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica|url=https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/26388/26575|journal=Revista de Biología Tropical|volume=51|pages=293–304}}</ref>
* ''Spiraxis paulisculpta'' Rehder, 1942<ref name=":0" />
* ''Spiraxis scalella'' Martens, 1898<ref name=":0" />
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== Distribution ==
The distribution of the genus ''Spiraxis'' is an area ...<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 ''Spiraxis'' include:
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== References ==
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Category:Spiraxidae
Category:Taxa named by Charles Baker Adams

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