Gonaxis

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

Gonaxis
Shell of Gonaxis lamottei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Achatinina
Superfamily:	Streptaxoidea
Family:	Streptaxidae
Genus:	Gonaxis Taylor, 1877[1]
Type species
Gonaxis gibbonsi Taylor, 1877
Synonyms[2]
Edentulina (Marconia) Bourguignat, 1890 (superseded combination) Gonaxis (Gonaxis) J. W. Taylor, 1877· accepted, alternate representation Gonaxis (Marconia) Bourguignat, 1890 (junior synonym) Gonaxis (Stenomarconia) Germain, 1934· accepted, alternate representation Marconia Bourguignat, 1890 (junior synonym) Marconia (Stenomarconia) Germain, 1934 (original combination) Stenomarconia Germain, 1934

Distribution

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

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

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, 1961^[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)