Gonyostomus

Gonyostomus
Gonyostomus goniostomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Odontostomidae
Genus:
Beck, 1837

Gonyostomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Odontostomidae, endemic to Brazil.[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Gonyostomus include:

Synonyms
  • Gonyostomus turnix (Férussac, 1821): synonym of Anthinus turnix (A. Gould, 1846) (superseded combination)
    • Gonyostomus turnix var. albolabiatus Jaeckel, 1927: synonym of Anthinus albolabiatus (Jaeckel, 1927) (basionym)

References

  1. ^ Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. São Paulo, Brazil: EGB, Fapesp. p. 390. ISBN 85-906670-0-6.
  2. ^ Simone, L. R. L. (2016). A new species of the genus Gonyostomus from Brazil (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Strophocheilidae). Spixiana 39(1): 11–13. [1]