Rictaxis | |
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Rictaxis punctocaelatus shells | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: |
Rictaxis Dall, 1871 [1] |
Rictaxis is a genus of minute sea snails or "bubble snails", marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails. [2]
The genus name is derived from Latin words, meaning "open mouth", and "axis" referring to the columella.
Species within the genus Rictaxis include:
Rictaxis | |
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Rictaxis punctocaelatus shells | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: |
Rictaxis Dall, 1871 [1] |
Rictaxis is a genus of minute sea snails or "bubble snails", marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails. [2]
The genus name is derived from Latin words, meaning "open mouth", and "axis" referring to the columella.
Species within the genus Rictaxis include: