Gonaxis Explained
Gonaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[1]
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)[3]
- 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[4]
- 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)[3]
- Gonaxis turbinatus (Morelet, 1867)
- Gonaxis usambarensis Verdcourt[5]
- Gonaxis vitreus (Morelet, 1867)
- Gonaxis vulcani (Thiele, 1911)
- Gonaxis welwitschi (Morelet, 1867)
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910[2] / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910)[6] / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis: synonym of Tayloria quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) (superseded combination)
- Gonaxis vosseleri Thiele:[7] synonym of Afristreptaxis vosseleri (Thiele, 1911) (superseded combination)
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
Notes and References
- 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
- 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. .
- 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. .
- https://www.gbif.org/species/9008754 gbif: Gonaxis montisnimbae
- Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis usambarensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- 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.
- Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis vosseleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
