Gonaxis

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

Gonaxis
Shell of Gonaxis lamottei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonaxis
Taylor, 1877[1]
Type species
Gonaxis gibbonsi Taylor, 1877
Synonyms[2]
  • Edentulina (Marconia) Bourguignat, 1890 (superseeded 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

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
  • Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910[3] / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910)[8] / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis: synonym of Tayloria quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) (superseded combination)
  • Gonaxis vosseleri Thiele:[4] synonym of Afristreptaxis vosseleri (Thiele, 1911) (superseded combination)

References
  1. Taylor (1877). Quart. J. Conch. 1: 252.
  2. 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. 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. Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis vosseleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  5. 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 16th, 2017


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