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Genus of gastropods
Gonaxis
Shell of Gonaxis lamottei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
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Edentulina (Marconia) Bourguignat, 1890 (superseded combination)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 [[gastr
opod]]
mollusks in the family
Streptaxidae .
[3]
[2]
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Gonaxis include Equatorial Africa and South Africa:
Species
Species within the genus Gonaxis include:
Gonaxis abessinicus (Thiele, 1933)
Gonaxis aethiopicus (Thiele, 1933)
Gonaxis albidus (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
Gonaxis benthencourti (Nobre, 1905)
Gonaxis blacklocki Connolly, 1928
Gonaxis bottegoi (E. von Martens, 1895)
Gonaxis breviculus (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Gonaxis camerunensis (D'Ailly, 1896)
Gonaxis costata Verdcourt, 1963 †
Gonaxis cressyi Connolly, 1922
Gonaxis cylindricus (K. L. Pfeiffer, 1952)
Gonaxis denticulatus (Dohrn, 1878)
Gonaxis elegans (Pickford, 2009) †
Gonaxis elgonensis (Preston, 1913)
Gonaxis gibbonsi Taylor, 1877
Gonaxis gibbosus (Bourguignat, 1890)
Gonaxis innocens (Preston, 1913)
Gonaxis jeanneli (Germain, 1934)
Gonaxis johnstoni (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Gonaxis kivuensis (Preston, 1913)
Gonaxis kizinga (Tattersfield, 1999)
Gonaxis lata (E. A. Smith, 1880)
Gonaxis latula (Martens, 1895)
[5]
Gonaxis mamboiensis (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Gonaxis margarita (Preston, 1913)
Gonaxis masabana (Connolly, 1930)
Gonaxis maugerae (J. E. Gray, 1837)
Gonaxis micans (Putzeys, 1899)
Gonaxis microstriatus (Preston, 1912)
Gonaxis miocraveni Pickford, 2009 †
Gonaxis montisnimbae Binder, 1960
[6]
Gonaxis monrovia (Rang, 1831)
Gonaxis mozambicensis (E. A. Smith, 1880)
Gonaxis mzinga (Tattersfield, 1999)
Gonaxis pileolus Connolly, 1928
Gonaxis prostratus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
Gonaxis pseudotmesis Connolly, 1942
Gonaxis pupilla (Morelet, 1888)
Gonaxis recta (Bourguignat, 1890)
Gonaxis schweitzeri (Dohrn, 1878)
Gonaxis sudanicus (Preston, 1914)
Gonaxis translucidus (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901)
[5]
Gonaxis turbinatus (Morelet, 1867)
Gonaxis usambarensis Verdcourt
[7]
Gonaxis vitreus (Morelet, 1867)
Gonaxis vulcani (Thiele, 1911)
Gonaxis welwitschi (Morelet, 1867)
Species brought into synonymy
References
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
External links
Media related to
Gonaxis at Wikimedia Commons