Seychellaxis
Genus of gastropods
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Seychellaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[2] It contains only Seychellaxis souleyetianus.[1]
| Seychellaxis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Streptaxoidea |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthogibbinae |
| Genus: | Seychellaxis Schileyko, 2000 |
| Species: | S. souleyetianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Seychellaxis souleyetianus (Petit, 1841) | |
Distribution
The genus is found only in the Seychelles.[2][1]
Species
The genus Seychellaxis include only one species:
- Seychellaxis souleyetianus (Petit de la Saussaye, 1841)[1][3] Synonyms were Gonaxis souleyetianus (Petit, 1841) and Streptaxis souleyetianus (Petit, 1841).
