Gonyostomus
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Gonyostomus is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strophocheilidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strophocheilidae
Strophocheilidae
Strophocheilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea .- Subfamilies and genera :...
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Species
Species within the genus Gonyostomus include:- Gonyostomus egregius (Pfeiffer, 1845)
- Gonyostomus gonyostomusGonyostomus gonyostomusGonyostomus goniostomus is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strophocheilidae....
(Férussac, 1821) - Gonyostomus insularisGonyostomus insularisGonyostomus insularis is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strophocheilidae.This species is endemic to Brazil....
- Gonyostomus turnix
- Gonyostomus turnix var. albolabiatus Jaeckel, 1927