Gonaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonaxis J. W. Taylor, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996787 on 2021-01-01
Distribution Distribution of the genus Gonaxis include Equatorial Africa and South Africa: South AfricaSutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. . Tanzania Uganda (2 species) * ComoresSutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. .
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)Wronski T. & Hausdorf B. (2010). "Diversity and body-size patterns of land snails in rain forests in Uganda". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 87-100. . 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, 1960gbif: Gonaxis montisnimbae 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, 1961Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis usambarensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. 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)Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF. / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis: synonym of Tayloria quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) (superseded combination) Gonaxis vosseleri Thiele:Tattersfield P. (1996). Gonaxis vosseleri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007. 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
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