Carpathica

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Carpathica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade Limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Gastrodontoidea
Family:
Oxychilidae
Subfamily:
Daudebardiinae
Genus:
Carpathica

Wagner, 1895 [1]

Carpathica is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oxychilidae.

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Distribution

Distribution of Carpathica include south-eastern Europe and Turkey. [2]

Description

Animal cannot withdraw into the shell. [2] The shell is with 0.5-2 whorls. [2] The last whorl is much inflated. [2]

Reproductive system: Penis is more or less long, usually cylindrical, with appendix (flagellum) at its terminal end. [2] Vas deferens is inserting laterally (subterminally). [2] Retractor connects at appendix. [2] Vagina is usually shorter, surrounded by a vaginal gland in its posterior part. [2] Spermatheca duct is usually short and usually inserting in the zone covered by the vaginal gland. [2] The spermatheca is spherical or ovoid. [2] Oviduct is usually short and sometimes thinner than penis and vagina. [2] Atrium is short. [2]

Carpathica differs from Daudebardia in the presence of an appendix or flagellum at the apical end of the penis; vas deferens inserts subterminally (in Daudebardia terminally). [2]

If Daudebardia transsylvanica is conspecific with Carpathica langi , which is likely if results by Alexandru Vasile Grossu (1983) [3] are tenable (they suggest an uninterrupted gradient between both forms), [2] then there are no differences between Daudebardia and Carpathica, neither in shell not in the anatomy, [2] and the species classified in Carpathica should be placed in Daudebardia. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Carpathica include:

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference. [2]

  1. ↑ Wagner A. J. (1895). "Die Arten des Genus Daudebardia Hartmann in Europa und Westasien. Eine kritische Studie." Denkschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe62: 609-626, Taf. I-V [= 1-5]. Wien.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Genus summary for Carpathica". AnimalBase, last modified 13 January 2009, accessed 4 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Grossu A. V. (1983). Gastropoda Romaniae 4. Ordo Stylommatophora. Suprafam.: Arionacea, Zonitacea, Ariophantacea şi Helicacea. pp. 1–564. București. (Editura Litera).
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Species in genus Carpathica". [n=10] AnimalBase, accessed 4 September 2010.
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