Gonospira uvula

Gonospira uvula is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.

Gonospira uvula
A live individual of Gonospira uvula
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Streptaxidae
Genus:	Gonospira
Species:	G. uvula
Binomial name
Gonospira uvula Deshayes, 1863
Synonyms
Gibbus (Gibbulina) uvula (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination) Orthogibbus (Gibbulinopsis) uvulus (Deshayes, 1863) Pupa canaliculata Crosse, 1863 Pupa uvula Deshayes, 1863 (original combination)

Distribution

This species is endemic to Réunion.

References

• Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185.

External links

• Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris
• Crosse, H. (1863). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie. 11(4): 388–389.