Gonaxis J. W. Taylor 1877

Gonaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate [[gastr opod]] mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.^[3][2]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Gonaxis include Equatorial Africa and South Africa:

• South Africa^[3]
• Tanzania^[4]
• Uganda (2 species)^[5]
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Species

Species within the genus Gonaxis include:

• Gonaxis abessinicus (Thiele, 1933)
• Gonaxis aethiopicus (Thiele, 1933)
• Gonaxis albidus (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
• Gonaxis benthencourti (Nobre, 1905)
• Gonaxis blacklocki Connolly, 1928
• Gonaxis bottegoi (E. von Martens, 1895)
• Gonaxis breviculus (E. A. Smith, 1890)
• Gonaxis camerunensis (D'Ailly, 1896)
• Gonaxis costata Verdcourt, 1963 †
• Gonaxis cressyi Connolly, 1922
• Gonaxis cylindricus (K. L. Pfeiffer, 1952)
• Gonaxis denticulatus (Dohrn, 1878)
• Gonaxis elegans (Pickford, 2009) †
• Gonaxis elgonensis (Preston, 1913)
• Gonaxis gibbonsi Taylor, 1877
• Gonaxis gibbosus (Bourguignat, 1890)
• Gonaxis innocens (Preston, 1913)
• Gonaxis jeanneli (Germain, 1934)
• Gonaxis johnstoni (E. A. Smith, 1899)
• Gonaxis kivuensis (Preston, 1913)
• Gonaxis kizinga (Tattersfield, 1999)
• Gonaxis lata (E. A. Smith, 1880)
• Gonaxis latula (Martens, 1895)^[5]
• Gonaxis mamboiensis (E. A. Smith, 1890)
• Gonaxis margarita (Preston, 1913)
• Gonaxis masabana (Connolly, 1930)
• Gonaxis maugerae (J. E. Gray, 1837)
• Gonaxis micans (Putzeys, 1899)
• Gonaxis microstriatus (Preston, 1912)
• Gonaxis miocraveni Pickford, 2009 †
• Gonaxis montisnimbae Binder, 1960 ^[6]
• Gonaxis monrovia (Rang, 1831)
• Gonaxis mozambicensis (E. A. Smith, 1880)
• Gonaxis mzinga (Tattersfield, 1999)
• Gonaxis pileolus Connolly, 1928
• Gonaxis prostratus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
• Gonaxis pseudotmesis Connolly, 1942
• Gonaxis pupilla (Morelet, 1888)
• Gonaxis recta (Bourguignat, 1890)
• Gonaxis schweitzeri (Dohrn, 1878)
• Gonaxis sudanicus (Preston, 1914)
• Gonaxis translucidus (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901)^[5]
• Gonaxis turbinatus (Morelet, 1867)
• Gonaxis usambarensis Verdcourt^[7]
• Gonaxis vitreus (Morelet, 1867)
• Gonaxis vulcani (Thiele, 1911)
• Gonaxis welwitschi (Morelet, 1867)

Species brought into synonymy

• Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910^[3] / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910)^[8] / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis: synonym of Tayloria quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) (superseded combination)
• Gonaxis vosseleri Thiele:^[4] synonym of Afristreptaxis vosseleri (Thiele, 1911) (superseded combination)

References

• Bourguignat, J.-R. (1890). Mollusques de l'Afrique équatoriale de Moguedouchou à Bagamoyo et de Bagamoyo au Tanganika. 1–229, pls 1–8. Book dated 1889, publication date 1890
• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017