Gonidomus
| Gonidomus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Streptaxoidea |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthogibbinae |
| Genus: | † Gonidomus Swainson, 1840[1] |
Gonidomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.
Distribution
The genus Gonidomus was endemic to Mauritius and it is now extinct.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Gonidomus include:
- † Gonidomus newtoni Adams, 1867[3]
- (extant or extinct) Gonidomus sulcatus Peile, 1936[4]
References
- ↑ Swainson (1840). Treat. Malacol. 166, 332.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Griffiths O. (1996). Gonidomus newtoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Griffiths O. (1996). Gonidomus sulcatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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