''Gonaxis'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastr
opod mollusk
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s in the family
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade
Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi.
Stre ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996787 on 2021-01-01]
Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Gonaxis'' include Equatorial Africa and South Africa:
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
[Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". '']Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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'' 160: 1-16. .
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Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
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Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
(2 species)
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Species
Species within the genus ''Gonaxis'' include:
* ''
Gonaxis abessinicus'' (Thiele, 1933)
* ''
Gonaxis aethiopicus
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Thiele, 1933)
* ''
Gonaxis albidus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
* ''
Gonaxis benthencourti'' (Nobre, 1905)
* ''
Gonaxis blacklocki'' Connolly, 1928
* ''
Gonaxis bottegoi
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (E. von Martens, 1895)
* ''
Gonaxis breviculus'' (E. A. Smith, 1890)
* ''
Gonaxis camerunensis
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (D'Ailly, 1896)
* ''
Gonaxis costata
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' Verdcourt, 1963 †
* ''
Gonaxis cressyi'' Connolly, 1922
* ''
Gonaxis cylindricus'' (K. L. Pfeiffer, 1952)
* ''
Gonaxis denticulatus'' (Dohrn, 1878)
* ''
Gonaxis elegans'' (Pickford, 2009) †
* ''
Gonaxis elgonensis'' (Preston, 1913)
* ''
Gonaxis gibbonsi'' Taylor, 1877
* ''
Gonaxis gibbosus'' (Bourguignat, 1890)
* ''
Gonaxis innocens'' (Preston, 1913)
* ''
Gonaxis jeanneli'' (Germain, 1934)
* ''
Gonaxis johnstoni'' (E. A. Smith, 1899)
* ''
Gonaxis kivuensis'' (Preston, 1913)
* ''
Gonaxis kizinga
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' (Tattersfield, 1999)
* ''
Gonaxis lata
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (E. A. Smith, 1880)
* ''
Gonaxis latula
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Martens, 1895)
[Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". '']Journal of Molluscan Studies
The ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Malacological Society of London, covering research in malacology. '' 76(1): 87-100. .
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Gonaxis mamboiensis
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (E. A. Smith, 1890)
* ''
Gonaxis margarita'' (Preston, 1913)
* ''
Gonaxis masabana'' (Connolly, 1930)
* ''
Gonaxis maugerae
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (J. E. Gray, 1837)
* ''
Gonaxis micans
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Putzeys, 1899)
* ''
Gonaxis microstriatus'' (Preston, 1912)
* ''
Gonaxis miocraveni
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' Pickford, 2009 †
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Gonaxis montisnimbae'' Binder, 1960
* ''
Gonaxis monrovia
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Rang, 1831)
* ''
Gonaxis mozambicensis'' (E. A. Smith, 1880)
* ''
Gonaxis mzinga'' (Tattersfield, 1999)
* ''
Gonaxis pileolus
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' Connolly, 1928
* ''
Gonaxis prostratus
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Gonaxis pseudotmesis'' Connolly, 1942
* ''
Gonaxis pupilla
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Morelet, 1888)
* ''
Gonaxis recta'' (Bourguignat, 1890)
* ''
Gonaxis schweitzeri
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Dohrn, 1878)
* ''
Gonaxis sudanicus'' (Preston, 1914)
* ''
Gonaxis translucidus'' (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901)
* ''
Gonaxis turbinatus
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Morelet, 1867)
* ''
Gonaxis usambarensis
''Gonaxis usambarensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
This species is Endemism, endemic to List of non-marine molluscs of Tanzania, Tanzania. ...
'' Verdcourt
[Tattersfield P. (1996)]
''Gonaxis usambarensis''2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
* ''
Gonaxis vitreus
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Morelet, 1867)
* ''
Gonaxis vulcani
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Thiele, 1911)
* ''
Gonaxis welwitschi
''Gonaxis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastr
opod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: ...
'' (Morelet, 1867)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Gonaxis quadrilateralis'' Preston, 1910
/ ''Gonaxis'' (''Macrogonaxis'') ''quadrilateralis'' (Preston, 1910)
[Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". '' Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 328: 1-60]
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/ ''
Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis'': synonym of ''
Tayloria quadrilateralis'' (Preston, 1910) (superseded combination)
* ''Gonaxis vosseleri'' Thiele:
[Tattersfield P. (1996).]
''Gonaxis vosseleri''2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Downloaded on 7 August 2007. synonym of ''
Afristreptaxis vosseleri
''Afristreptaxis vosseleri'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
This species is endemic to Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ...
'' (Thiele, 1911) (superseded combination)
References
* Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1–229, pls 1–8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
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Streptaxidae
{{Streptaxidae-stub