Gonospira bourguignati

Short description: Species of gastropod

Gonospira bourguignati

Shell of Gonospira bourguignati (holotype at MNHN, Paris)

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
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* Gibbus (Gibbulina) bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination)
* Gibbus (Gibbulina) intersecta (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination)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]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9385/12982348. 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

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