Gonaxis
| Gonaxis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Streptaxoidea |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthogibbinae |
| Genus: | Gonaxis Taylor, 1877[1] |
Gonaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[2]
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Gonaxis include Equatorial Africa and South Africa:
Species
Species within the genus Gonaxis include:
- Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910[2] / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910)[5] / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis
- Gonaxis latula (Martens, 1895)[4]
- Gonaxis translucida (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901)[4]
- Gonaxis usambarensis Verdcourt[6]
- Gonaxis vosseleri Thiele[3]
References
- ↑ Taylor (1877). Quart. J. Conch. 1: 252.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis vosseleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 1 2 3 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis usambarensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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