''Gonospira'' is a
genus 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 ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks 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:
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Mauritius and
Rodrigues
Rodrigues (french: Île Rodrigues, link=yes ; Creole: ) is a autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which include Mauritius and Réunion. Rodr ...
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Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
[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'' 160: 1-16. .]
Species
Species within the genus ''Gonospira'' include:
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Gonospira adamsiana''
(G.Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871)
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Gonospira bacilla''
(L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
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Gonospira barclayi''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* ''
Gonospira bourguignati''
(Deshayes, 1863)
* ''
Gonospira brevis
''Gonospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World ...
''
(Morelet, 1867)
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Gonospira callifera''
(Morelet, 1860)
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Gonospira chloris
''Gonospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Wor ...
''
Crosse, 1873
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Gonospira cylindrella''
(H. Adams, 1868)
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Gonospira deshayesi
''Gonospira deshayesi'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
This species is endemic to Réunion, an island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
Madag ...
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(H. Adams, 1868)
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Gonospira dupontiana
''Gonospira dupontiana'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira dupontiana (G. Nevill, 1870). Accessed through: World Regist ...
'' Nevill, 1870
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Gonospira funiculus
''Gonospira funiculus'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira funiculus (Valenciennes in Pfeiffer, 1842). Accessed through: ...
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(Valenciennes in Pfeiffer, 1842)
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Gonospira holostoma
''Gonospira holostoma'' 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 Cr ...
'' Morelet, 1875
* ''
Gonospira larreyi
''Gonospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World ...
''
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
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Gonospira majuscula
''Gonospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World ...
''
(Morelet, 1878)
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Gonospira mauritiana
''Gonospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World ...
''
(Morelet, 1860)
* ''
Gonospira metableta
''Gonospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World ...
''
Crosse, 1874
* ''
Gonospira modiola
''Gonospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World ...
''
(Férussac, 1821)
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Gonospira mondraini
''Gonospira'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira Swainson, 1840. Acce ...
''
(H. Adams, 1868)
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Gonospira nevilli
''Gonospira nevilli'' is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Streptaxidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. ''Gonospira nevilli'' (H. Adams, 1867). Accessed through: World ...
''
(H. Adams, 1867)
* ''
Gonospira palanga''
(Lesson, 1831)
* ''
Gonospira producta''
(H. Adams, 1868)
* ''
Gonospira rodriguezensis''
Crosse, 1873
* ''
Gonospira striaticosta''
Morelet, 1866
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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''
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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