Rictaxis
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:Rictaxis albus Rictaxis painei Rictaxis punctocaelatus Rictaxis sanguinea Valdès, 2008; Species that have been synonymized:Rictaxis punctostriatus : synonym of Japonactaeon punctostriatus Rictaxis albus
- * 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