Gonyostomus

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Gonyostomus
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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Gonyostomus

Beck, 1837

Gonyostomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strophocheilidae endemic to Brazil. [1] [2]

Species

Species within the genus Gonyostomus include:

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References

  1. Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo, Brazil: EGB, Fapesp. p. 390. ISBN   85-906670-0-6.
  2. Simone, L. R. L. (2016). A new species of the genus Gonyostomus from Brazil (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Strophocheilidae). Spixiana 39(1): 11–13.