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Gonospira bourguignati 
Summary
Gonospira bourguignati is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[2]
| Gonospira bourguignati | |
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| Shell of Gonospira bourguignati (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Streptaxidae |
| Genus: | Gonospira |
| Species: | G. bourguignati
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonospira bourguignati (Deshayes, 1863)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to Réunion, an island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar.
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 edit
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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