Gonospira uvula

Species of gastropod

Gonospira uvula
A live individual of Gonospira uvula
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonospira
Species:
G. uvula
Binomial name
Gonospira uvula
Deshayes, 1863
Synonyms
  • Gibbus (Gibbulina) uvula (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination)
  • Orthogibbus (Gibbulinopsis) uvulus (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Pupa canaliculata Crosse, 1863
  • Pupa uvula Deshayes, 1863 (original combination)

Gonospira uvula is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Réunion.

References

  1. ^ Griffiths, O. (1996). "Gonospira uvula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9391A12982634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9391A12982634.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  • 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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  • Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris
  • Crosse, H. (1863). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 11(4): 388–389.
Taxon identifiers
Gonospira uvula


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