Rictaxis is a genus of minute sea snails or "bubble snails", marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails.
The genus name is derived from Latin words, meaning "open mouth", and "axis" referring to the columella.
Species
Species within the genus Rictaxis include:
- â Rictaxis achatinus <small>(Sacco, 1896)</small>
- Rictaxis albus <small>(G. B. Sowerb III, 1873)</small> (synonym Acteon albus <small>Sowerby, 1873</small>)
- â Rictaxis austriacus <small>Harzhauser, Landau & Malaquias, 2026</small>
- â Rictaxis dactylinus <small>(Deshayes, 1862)</small>
- â Rictaxis munieri <small>(Deshayes, 1862)</small>
- Rictaxis painei <small>(Dall, 1903)</small>
- Rictaxis punctocaelatus <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Rictaxis rarius <small>Poppe & Tagaro, 2026</small>
- Rictaxis sanguinea <small>Valdès, 2008</small>
- â Rictaxis selandicus <small>(Ravn, 1933)</small>
- â Rictaxis siedli <small>Harzhauser, Landau & Malaquias, 2026</small>
- â Rictaxis tornatus <small>(Millet, 1854)</small>
- â Rictaxis ursulae <small>Harzhauser, Landau & Malaquias, 2026</small>
Species that have been synonymized:
- Rictaxis albus (B. Sowerby III, 1874)
- Distribution : South Africa. False Bay to KwaZulu-Natal 10 to 165m, endemic, mixed sand and rocky reef. Living animals have omly been collected from Algoa Bay.
- Length : 10âÂÂ21 mm
- Description : white shell with numerous spiraling white to light brown grooves.
- Rictaxis painei Dall, 1903
- Distribution : America
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