Gonospira bourguignati

Gonospira bourguignati
Shell of Gonospira bourguignati (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Streptaxidae
Genus:	Gonospira
Species:	G. bourguignati
Binomial name
Gonospira bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms
Gibbus (Gibbulina) bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination) Gibbus (Gibbulina) intersecta (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination) Orthogibbus (Orthogibbus) bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863) Orthogibbus (Orthogibbus) bourguignati var. intersecta (Deshayes, 1863) Pupa bourguignati Deshayes, 1863 (original combination) Pupa intersecta Deshayes, 1863

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Réunion, an island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.

References

1. Griffiths, O. (1996). "Gonospira bourguignati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9385A12982348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9385A12982348.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289341 on 2021-01-02

• 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

External links

• 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