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Gonaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.
Distribution
Distribution of the genus Gonaxis include Equatorial Africa and South Africa:
South Africa
Tanzania
Uganda (2 species)
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Species
Species within the genus Gonaxis include:
Gonaxis abessinicus (Thiele, 1933)
Gonaxis aethiopicus (Thiele, 1933)
Gonaxis albidus (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
Gonaxis benthencourti (Nobre, 1905)
Gonaxis blacklocki Connolly, 1928
Gonaxis bottegoi (E. von Martens, 1895)
Gonaxis breviculus (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Gonaxis camerunensis (D'Ailly, 1896)
Gonaxis costata Verdcourt, 1963 †
Gonaxis cressyi Connolly, 1922
Gonaxis cylindricus (K. L. Pfeiffer, 1952)
Gonaxis denticulatus (Dohrn, 1878)
Gonaxis elegans (Pickford, 2009) †
Gonaxis elgonensis (Preston, 1913)
Gonaxis gibbonsi Taylor, 1877
Gonaxis gibbosus (Bourguignat, 1890)
Gonaxis innocens (Preston, 1913)
Gonaxis jeanneli (Germain, 1934)
Gonaxis johnstoni (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Gonaxis kivuensis (Preston, 1913)
Gonaxis kizinga (Tattersfield, 1999)
Gonaxis lata (E. A. Smith, 1880)
Gonaxis latula (Martens, 1895)
Gonaxis mamboiensis (E. A. Smith, 1890)
Gonaxis margarita (Preston, 1913)
Gonaxis masabana (Connolly, 1930)
Gonaxis maugerae (J. E. Gray, 1837)
Gonaxis micans (Putzeys, 1899)
Gonaxis microstriatus (Preston, 1912)
Gonaxis miocraveni Pickford, 2009 †
Gonaxis montisnimbae Binder, 1960
Gonaxis monrovia (Rang, 1831)
Gonaxis mozambicensis (E. A. Smith, 1880)
Gonaxis mzinga (Tattersfield, 1999)
Gonaxis pileolus Connolly, 1928
Gonaxis prostratus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
Gonaxis pseudotmesis Connolly, 1942
Gonaxis pupilla (Morelet, 1888)
Gonaxis recta (Bourguignat, 1890)
Gonaxis schweitzeri (Dohrn, 1878)
Gonaxis sudanicus (Preston, 1914)
Gonaxis translucidus (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901)
Gonaxis turbinatus (Morelet, 1867)
Gonaxis usambarensis Verdcourt
Gonaxis vitreus (Morelet, 1867)
Gonaxis vulcani (Thiele, 1911)
Gonaxis welwitschi (Morelet, 1867)
Species brought into synonymy
Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910 / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis: synonym of Tayloria quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) (superseded combination)
Gonaxis vosseleri Thiele: synonym of Afristreptaxis vosseleri (Thiele, 1911) (superseded combination)
References
Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1–229, pls 1–8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Media related to Gonaxis at Wikimedia Commons