Gonidomus

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Gonidomus
Shell of Gonidomus concamerata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Gonidomus
Swainson, 1840[1]
Type species
Pupa pagoda
Lesson, 1831
Synonyms[2]
  • Gibbus (Gonidomus) Swainson, 1840 (superseded combination)
  • Idolum L. Pfeiffer, 1856 (junior synonym)

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

The genus Gonidomus was endemic to Mauritius and it is now extinct.[3]

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