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 (Sowerby, 1873) (synonym Acteon albus Sowerby, 1873 )
 * Rictaxis painei (Dall, 1903)
 * Rictaxis punctocaelatus (Carpenter, 1864)
 * Rictaxis sanguinea Valdès, 2008
 * Species that have been synonymized:
 * Rictaxis punctostriatus : synonym of Japonactaeon punctostriatus (C. B. Adams, 1840)


 * Rictaxis albus Sowerby, 1873
 * Distribution : South Africa
 * Length : 10–21 mm
 * Description white shell with numerous spiraling white to lightbrown grooves
 * Rictaxis painei Dall, 1903
 * Distribution : America