Gonospira bourguignati

Gonospira bourguignati
	Shell of Gonospira bourguignati (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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	Gibbus (Gibbulina) bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination); Gibbus (Gibbulina) intersecta (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination); Orthogibbus (Orthogibbus) bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863); Orthogibbus (Orthogibbus) bourguignati var.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.

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

^ 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.
^ 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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