''Gonospira'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
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 ...
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of 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 ...
.
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Distribution
Distribution of the genus ''Gonospira'' include:
*
Mauritius
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and
Rodrigues
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*
Réunion
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'' 160: 1-16. .
Species
Species within the genus ''Gonospira'' include:
* ''
Gonospira adamsiana''
(G.Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871)
* ''
Gonospira bacilla''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Gonospira barclayi''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* ''
Gonospira bourguignati''
(Deshayes, 1863)
* ''
Gonospira brevis''
(Morelet, 1867)
* ''
Gonospira callifera''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Gonospira chloris''
Crosse, 1873
* ''
Gonospira cylindrella''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* ''
Gonospira deshayesi''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* ''
Gonospira dupontiana'' Nevill, 1870
* ''
Gonospira funiculus''
(Valenciennes in Pfeiffer, 1842)
* ''
Gonospira holostoma'' Morelet, 1875
* ''
Gonospira larreyi''
Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994
* ''
Gonospira madgei
''Gonospira madgei'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
This species is endemic to Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creol ...
''
Kennard, 1943
* ''
Gonospira majuscula''
(Morelet, 1878)
* ''
Gonospira mauritiana''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Gonospira metableta''
Crosse, 1874
* ''
Gonospira modiola''
(Férussac, 1821)
* ''
Gonospira mondraini''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* † ''
Gonospira nevilli''
(H. Adams, 1867)
* ''
Gonospira palanga''
(Lesson, 1831)
* ''
Gonospira producta''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* ''
Gonospira rodriguezensis''
Crosse, 1873
* ''
Gonospira striaticosta''
Morelet, 1866
* ''
Gonospira teres
''Gonospira teres'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
This species is endemic to Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, ...
''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Gonospira testudiae''
Fischer-Piette, Blanc, C.P., Blanc, F. & Salvat, 1994
* ''
Gonospira turgidula''
(Deshayes, 1863)
* ''
Gonospira uvula
''Gonospira uvula'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île ...
''
Deshayes, 1863
* ''
Gonospira versipolis''
(Deshayes, 1851)
* ''
Gonospira viaderi''
(Madge, 1938)
References
External links
Germain, L. (1919). Contributions à la faune malacologique de l'Afrique Équatoriale. LVII. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. 25 (4) : 258-265. Paris
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