Gonospira bourguignati

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

Gonospira bourguignati
Shell of Gonospira bourguignati (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Streptaxoidea
Family:
Streptaxidae
Subfamily:
Orthogibbinae
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  • Gibbus (Gibbulina) bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination)
  • Gibbus (Gibbulina) intersecta (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination)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

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. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289341 on 2021-01-02
  • 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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