Gonaxis

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Gonaxis
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Shell of Gonaxis lamottei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonaxis
Taylor, 1877 [1]
Type species
Gonaxis gibbonsiTaylor, 1877
Synonyms [2]
  • Edentulina (Marconia)Bourguignat, 1890 (superseded combination)
  • Gonaxis (Gonaxis)J. W. Taylor, 1877· accepted, alternate representation
  • Gonaxis (Marconia)Bourguignat, 1890 (junior synonym)
  • Gonaxis (Stenomarconia)Germain, 1934· accepted, alternate representation
  • MarconiaBourguignat, 1890 (junior synonym)
  • Marconia (Stenomarconia)Germain, 1934 (original combination)
  • StenomarconiaGermain, 1934

Gonaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate [[gastr opod]] mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. [3] [2]

Contents

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Gonaxis include Equatorial Africa and South Africa:

Species

Species within the genus Gonaxis include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. ↑ Taylor (1877). Quart. J. Conch.1: 252.
  2. 1 2 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
  3. 1 2 3 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. doi : 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  4. 1 2 Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis vosseleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  5. 1 2 3 Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87-100. doi : 10.1093/mollus/eyp048.
  6. ↑ gbif: Gonaxis montisnimbae
  7. ↑ Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis usambarensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  8. ↑ Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF.


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