title: Gonaxis
text: # Gonaxis
  
  Gonaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate [[gastr opod]] mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Distribution of the genus Gonaxis include Equatorial Africa and South Africa:
  
  * South Africa
  * Tanzania
  * Uganda (2 species)
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Gonaxis include:
  
  * Gonaxis abessinicus (Thiele, 1933)
  * Gonaxis aethiopicus (Thiele, 1933)
  * Gonaxis albidus (L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
  * Gonaxis benthencourti (Nobre, 1905)
  * Gonaxis blacklocki Connolly, 1928
  * Gonaxis bottegoi (E. von Martens, 1895)
  * Gonaxis breviculus (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  * Gonaxis camerunensis (D'Ailly, 1896)
  * Gonaxis costata Verdcourt, 1963 †
  * Gonaxis cressyi Connolly, 1922
  * Gonaxis cylindricus (K. L. Pfeiffer, 1952)
  * Gonaxis denticulatus (Dohrn, 1878)
  * Gonaxis elegans (Pickford, 2009) †
  * Gonaxis elgonensis (Preston, 1913)
  * Gonaxis gibbonsi Taylor, 1877
  * Gonaxis gibbosus (Bourguignat, 1890)
  * Gonaxis innocens (Preston, 1913)
  * Gonaxis jeanneli (Germain, 1934)
  * Gonaxis johnstoni (E. A. Smith, 1899)
  * Gonaxis kivuensis (Preston, 1913)
  * Gonaxis kizinga (Tattersfield, 1999)
  * Gonaxis lata (E. A. Smith, 1880)
  * Gonaxis latula (Martens, 1895)
  * Gonaxis mamboiensis (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  * Gonaxis margarita (Preston, 1913)
  * Gonaxis masabana (Connolly, 1930)
  * Gonaxis maugerae (J. E. Gray, 1837)
  * Gonaxis micans (Putzeys, 1899)
  * Gonaxis microstriatus (Preston, 1912)
  * Gonaxis miocraveni Pickford, 2009 †
  * Gonaxis montisnimbae Binder, 1960
  * Gonaxis monrovia (Rang, 1831)
  * Gonaxis mozambicensis (E. A. Smith, 1880)
  * Gonaxis mzinga (Tattersfield, 1999)
  * Gonaxis pileolus Connolly, 1928
  * Gonaxis prostratus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
  * Gonaxis pseudotmesis Connolly, 1942
  * Gonaxis pupilla (Morelet, 1888)
  * Gonaxis recta (Bourguignat, 1890)
  * Gonaxis schweitzeri (Dohrn, 1878)
  * Gonaxis sudanicus (Preston, 1914)
  * Gonaxis translucidus (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1901)
  * Gonaxis turbinatus (Morelet, 1867)
  * Gonaxis usambarensis Verdcourt
  * Gonaxis vitreus (Morelet, 1867)
  * Gonaxis vulcani (Thiele, 1911)
  * Gonaxis welwitschi (Morelet, 1867)
  
  ### Species brought into synonymy
  
  * Gonaxis quadrilateralis Preston, 1910 / Gonaxis (Macrogonaxis) quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) / Macrogonaxis quadrilateralis: synonym of Tayloria quadrilateralis (Preston, 1910) (superseded combination)
  * Gonaxis vosseleri Thiele: synonym of Afristreptaxis vosseleri (Thiele, 1911) (superseded combination)
  