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Gonaxis

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Gonaxis
Shell of Gonaxis lamottei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonaxis
Taylor, 1877[1]
Type species
Gonaxis gibbonsi Taylor, 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  • Edentulina (Marconia) Bourguignat, 1890 (superseded combination)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
  • Marconia Bourguignat, 1890 (junior synonym)
  • Marconia (Stenomarconia) Germain, 1934 (original combination)
  • Stenomarconia Germain, 1934

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

Distribution

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

Species

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Species within the genus Gonaxis include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Taylor (1877). Quart. J. Conch. 1: 252.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis vosseleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  • Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1–229, pls 1–8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
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