Gonidomus

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Gonidomus
Gonidomus concamerata (MNHN-IM-2000-30972).jpeg
Shell of Gonidomus concamerata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonidomus
Swainson, 1840 [1]
Type species
Pupa pagoda
Lesson, 1831
Synonyms [2]
  • Gibbus (Gonidomus)Swainson, 1840 (superseded combination)
  • IdolumL. Pfeiffer, 1856 (junior synonym)

Gonidomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae. [2]

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Distribution

The genus Gonidomus was endemic to Mauritius and it is now extinct. [3]

Species

Species within the genus Gonidomus include:

References

  1. Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 166, 332.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonidomus Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996788 on 2021-01-02
  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. Griffiths, O. (1996). "Gonidomus newtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T9329A12982220. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9329A12982220.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  5. Griffiths, O. (1996). "Gonidomus sulcatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T9330A12982266. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9330A12982266.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.