Rictaxis is a genus of minute sea snails or "bubble snails", marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails.WoRMS (2011). Rictaxis Dall, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160472 on 2011-12-14
The genus name is derived from Latin words, meaning "open mouth", and "axis" referring to the columella.
Species Species within the genus Rictaxis include: † Rictaxis achatinus (Sacco, 1896) Rictaxis albus (G. B. Sowerb III, 1873) (synonym Acteon albus Sowerby, 1873) † Rictaxis austriacus Harzhauser, Landau & Malaquias, 2026 † Rictaxis dactylinus (Deshayes, 1862) † Rictaxis munieri (Deshayes, 1862) Rictaxis painei (Dall, 1903) Rictaxis punctocaelatus (Carpenter, 1864) Rictaxis rarius Poppe & Tagaro, 2026 Rictaxis sanguinea Valdès, 2008 † Rictaxis selandicus (Ravn, 1933) † Rictaxis siedli Harzhauser, Landau & Malaquias, 2026 † Rictaxis tornatus (Millet, 1854) † Rictaxis ursulae Harzhauser, Landau & Malaquias, 2026
Species that have been synonymized Rictaxis punctostriatus : synonym of Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)
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 : 10–21 mm Description : white shell with numerous spiraling white to light brown grooves. Rictaxis painei Dall, 1903 Distribution : America
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