Gonospira turgidula

Gonospira turgidula is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae,[2] endemic to Réunion.[3]

Gonospira turgidula
Shell of Gonospira turgidula (syntype 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. turgidula
Binomial name
Gonospira turgidula
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Gibbus (Gibbulina) turgidulus (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination)
  • Pupa turgidula Deshayes, 1863 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion

References
  1. Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira turgidula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Gonospira turgidula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996-08-01. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  3. Mace, Georgina M.; Centre, World Conservation Monitoring (1993). 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-8317-0194-3.
  • Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l'ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). Annexe E, in: Maillard, L. Notes sur l'isle de La Réunion, p. 1-4, 1-144


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