Gonospira dupontiana

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Gonospira dupontiana
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Shell of Gonospira dupontiana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonospira
Species:
G. dupontiana
Binomial name
Gonospira dupontiana
(Nevill, 1870)
Synonyms

Gibbus dupontianusG. Nevill, 1870 (original combination)

Contents

Gonospira dupontiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Mauritius and Rodriguez (in the Mascarenes)

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References

  1. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira duponti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira dupontiana (G. Nevill, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289347 on 2021-01-02