Gonospira bourguignati

Gonospira bourguignati
Shell of Gonospira bourguignati (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonospira
Species:
G. bourguignati
Binomial name
Gonospira bourguignati
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Gibbus (Gibbulina) bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination)
  • Gibbus (Gibbulina) intersecta (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination)
  • Orthogibbus (Orthogibbus) bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Orthogibbus (Orthogibbus) bourguignati var. intersecta (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Pupa bourguignati Deshayes, 1863 (original combination)
  • Pupa intersecta Deshayes, 1863

Gonospira bourguignati is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Réunion, an island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.

References

  1. ↑ Griffiths, O. (1996). "Gonospira bourguignati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T9385A12982348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9385A12982348.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  • 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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