Gonaxis

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Gonaxis
Shell of Gonaxis lamottei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
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  • Edentulina (Marconia) Bourguignat, 1890 (superseded combination)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

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

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

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