Pontophaedusa funiculum

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Pontophaedusa funiculum
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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P. funiculum
Binomial name
Pontophaedusa funiculum
(Mousson, 1856) [1]
Synonyms

Clausilia funiculum Mousson, 1856

Pontophaedusa funiculum is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails within the subfamily Serrulininae. [2] All door snails have a clausilium with which they can close the shell aperture.

This is the only known species within the Clausiliidae that lays eggs that have hard shells made of calcium carbonate. [3]

Distribution

Pontophaedusa funiculum lives on the eastern coast of the Black Sea from Sochi in Russia, though Georgia, to Trabzon in Turkey. [3]

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Clausiliidae Family of gastropods

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Orculidae Family of gastropods

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Pontophaedusa is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. It is within the subfamily Serrulininae.

Hypselostoma is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.

Schileykula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. All of the species and subspecies in this genus inhabit Turkey, with the exception of the subspecies Schileykula scyphus crass, which lives in Iran.

Euxinastra is a genus of air-breathing land snail with a clausilium, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

Serrulina serrulata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Pilorcula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae. The species and subspecies in this genus inhabit the Caucasus and Turkey to Palestine.

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<i>Garnieria</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Garnieria is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the tribe Garnieriini of the subfamily Garnieriinae in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

References

  1. (in German) Mousson, A. (1856). "Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Schläfli eingekommenen zweiten malacologischen Sendung". Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 1: 395-399. page 396
  2. Páll-Gergely B. (2010). "Additional information on the reproductive biology and development of the clausilial apparatus in Pontophaedusa funiculum (Mousson, 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca9: 1–4. Online serial at <http://mollusca.sav.sk> 15-February-2010.
  3. 1 2 Páll-Gergely B. & Németh L. (2008). "Observations on the breeding habits, shell development, decollation, and reproductive anatomy of Pontophaedusa funiculum (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca7: 11-14. Online serial at <http://mollusca.sav.sk> 8-February-2008.