Gonospira dupontiana
Gonospira dupontiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae. [2]
| Gonospira dupontiana | |
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| Shell of Gonospira dupontiana (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Genus: | Gonospira |
| Species: | G. dupontiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Gonospira dupontiana (Nevill, 1870) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gibbus dupontianus G. Nevill, 1870 (original combination) | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 19 mm.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Mauritius and Rodriguez (in the Mascarenes)
References
- Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira duponti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira dupontiana (G. Nevill, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289347 on 2021-01-02
- Crosse, H., 1873. Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 136-144
- Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185.
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