Tonkinospira is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Hypselostomatinae of the family Gastrocoptidae.[1]

Tonkinospira
Shell of Tonkinospira defixa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Gastrocoptidae
Genus: Tonkinospira
Jochum, Slapnik & Páll-Gergely, 2014
Type species
Helix (Systenostoma) pauperrima Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909
Synonyms
  • Helix (Systenostoma) Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909 (original rank)
  • Systenostoma Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909 (Invalid: junior homonym of Systenostoma Marsson, 1887 [Bryozoa]; Tonkinospira is a replacement name)

Species

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References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tonkinospira Jochum, Slapnik & Páll-Gergely, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853809 on 2022-10-05
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