Biology:Gonyostomus

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Gonyostomus
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Gonyostomus goniostomus
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Gonyostomus

Beck, 1837

Gonyostomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strophocheilidae endemic to Brazil.[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Gonyostomus include:

  • Gonyostomus egregius (Pfeiffer, 1845)
  • Gonyostomus elinae Simone, 2016
  • Gonyostomus gonyostomus (Férussac, 1821)
  • Gonyostomus insularis Leme, 1974
  • Gonyostomus turnix (Férussac, 1821)
    • Gonyostomus turnix var. albolabiatus Jaeckel, 1927

References

  1. Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo, Brazil: EGB, Fapesp. pp. 390. ISBN 85-906670-0-6. 
  2. Simone, L. R. L. (2016). A new species of the genus Gonyostomus from Brazil (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Strophocheilidae). Spixiana 39(1): 11–13. [1]

Wikidata ☰ Q5582136 entry