Gonyostomus

Gonyostomus
Gonyostomus goniostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Odontostomidae
Genus:	Gonyostomus Beck, 1837

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

Species

Species within the genus Gonyostomus include:

• Gonyostomus egregius (Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Gonyostomus elinae Simone, 2016
• Gonyostomus gonyostomus (Férussac, 1821)
• Gonyostomus insularis Leme, 1974

Synonyms

• Gonyostomus turnix(Férussac, 1821): synonym of Anthinus turnix (A. Gould, 1846) (superseded combination)
  • Gonyostomus turnix var. albolabiatusJaeckel, 1927: synonym of Anthinus albolabiatus (Jaeckel, 1927) (basionym)

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.