Gonyostomus goniostomus

Gonyostomus goniostomus is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strophocheilidae.[1]

Gonyostomus goniostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Acavoidea
Family:
Strophocheilidae
Genus:
Gonyostomus
Species:
G. goniostomus
Binomial name
Gonyostomus goniostomus
Férussac, 1821

This species is endemic to Brazil. Although it has sometimes been thought to be extinct, it has nonetheless been found on the Buzios Island off the northern coast of the São Paulo State[2]

References
  1. A new species of the genus Gonyostomus from Brazil
  2. Hawaiian Shell news, volume XLII (6), June 1994
  • Mansur, M.C.D. (1996). "Gonyostomus gonyostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9398A12982907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9398A12982907.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.


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