Gonospira turgidula

Gonospira turgidula
	Shell of Gonospira turgidula (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Streptaxoidea
Family:	Streptaxidae
Subfamily:	Orthogibbinae
Genus:	Gonospira
Species:	G. turgidula
Binomial name
	Gonospira turgidula; (Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms
	Gibbus (Gibbulina) turgidulus (Deshayes, 1863) (superseded combination); Pupa turgidula Deshayes, 1863 (original combination);

Gonospira turgidula is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae,^[2] endemic to Réunion.^[3]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.3 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion

^ Griffiths O. (1996). Gonospira turgidula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
^ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Gonospira turgidula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996-08-01. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
^ Mace, Georgina M.; Centre, World Conservation Monitoring (1993). 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-8317-0194-3.

Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l'ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). Annexe E, in: Maillard, L. Notes sur l'isle de La Réunion, p. 1-4, 1-144

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