Gonostomopsis
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| Gonostomopsis | |
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| Shell of Gonostomopsis auridens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Pleurodontidae |
| Genus: | Gonostomopsis Pilsbry, 1889 |
| Synonyms | |
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Chrysodon Ancey, 1887 (Replaced by Gonostomopsis on the assumption that it was preoccupied by Chrysodon Oken, 1815, which however was published in a work placed on the Official Index) | |
Gonostomopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pleurodontinae of the family Pleurodontidae.[1]
- Gonostomopsis auridens (Rang, 1834) (synonym: Helix auridens Rang, 1834, Pleurodonte auridens (Rang, 1834))
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.[2]
