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Gonostomopsis

Gonostomopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pleurodontinae of the family Pleurodontidae.

Genera

  • Gonostomopsis auridens <small>(Rang, 1834)</small> (synonym: Helix auridens <small>Rang, 1834</small>, Pleurodonte auridens <small>(Rang, 1834)</small>)

Description

The shell is narrowly umbilicated, rather thin, opaque, hirsute. The spire is depressed, body-whorl depressed, rounded at periphery. The Aperture is as high as wide and trilobate-lunar. The peristome is narrowly expanded, the outer and basal margins each with one tooth. Type P. auridens.

Distribution

This genus occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Martinique.

References

  • A.A. SCHILEYKO (2006, Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 13. - Ruthenica, Supplement 2: 1765–1906)
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

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