Gonospira funiculus is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.[2]

Gonospira funiculus
Shell of Gonospira funiculus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonospira
Species:
G. funiculus
Binomial name
Gonospira funiculus
(Valenciennes in Pfeiffer, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Gonospira (Orthogibbus) funiculus (Valenciennes in Pfeiffer, 1842)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Gonospira funicula (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Pupa funicula Valenciennes in Pfeiffer, 1842 (incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
  • Pupa funiculus Valenciennes in Pfeiffer, 1842 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 12.5 mm.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Réunion.

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Gonospira funicula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gonospira funiculus (Valenciennes in Pfeiffer, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1309444 on 2021-01-02
  • Pfeiffer, L., 1842 - Symbolae ad Historiam Heliceorum, vol. II, p. 147 pp
  • Fischer-Piette, E., C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc, & F. Salvat (1994). Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés. Faune de Madagascar, 83: 1-552