Nastia viridula

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Nastia viridula
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: Oxychilinae
Genus: Nastia
Species:N. viridula
Binomial name
Nastia viridula
Riedel, 1989 [1]

Nastia viridula is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae.

In biology, a species ( ) is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. While these definitions may seem adequate, when looked at more closely they represent problematic species concepts. For example, the boundaries between closely related species become unclear with hybridisation, in a species complex of hundreds of similar microspecies, and in a ring species. Also, among organisms that reproduce only asexually, the concept of a reproductive species breaks down, and each clone is potentially a microspecies.

Land snail

A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. Land snail is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells. However, it is not always easy to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less amphibious between land and fresh water, and others are relatively amphibious between land and salt water.

Oxychilidae family of molluscs

Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

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Description

The width of the shell is 12 mm. [2]

Distribution

The distribution of Nastia viridula includes north-eastern Turkey. [2]

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References

  1. Riedel A. (1989). "Zonitidae (sensu lato) des Ostpontischen Gebirges in der Türkei (Gastropoda)". Annales Zoologici42(18): 363-424, Taf. 1-2. Warszawa.
  2. 1 2 "Species summary for Nastia viridula". AnimalBase, last modified 28 February 2006, accessed 3 September 2010.