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Gonospira dupontiana

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Gonospira dupontiana
Shell of Gonospira dupontiana (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonospira
Species:
G. dupontiana
Binomial name
Gonospira dupontiana
(Nevill, 1870)
Synonyms

Gibbus dupontianus G. Nevill, 1870 (original combination)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Mauritius and Rodriguez (in the Mascarenes)

References

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  1. ^ Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira duponti. 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 dupontiana (G. Nevill, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289347 on 2021-01-02
  • Crosse, H., 1873. Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie 21: 136-144
  • 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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