Pontophaedusella

Pontophaedusella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Clausiliidae
Genus:	Pontophaedusella ; Nordsieck, H., 1994

Last updated August 13, 2025

Pontophaedusella is a monotypic genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Species

The sole species belonging to this genus is Pontophaedusella offenses Nordsieck 1994. This species is known only from the type locality ("Prov. Trabzon, FF 03, 2 km SW Of"). The anatomy of Pontophaedusella ofensis was described by Szekeres (1998).^[2]

References

↑ Nordsieck, H. (1994). "Türkische Clausiliidae, II: Neue Taxa der Unterfamilien Serrulininae und Mentissoideinae in Anatolien (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)"". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie)513 1–36, Stuttgart.
↑ Szekeres, Miklós (1998). "New and little known Clausiliidae (Gastropoda Pulmonata) from eastern Turkey". Basteria. 62: 169–173.

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[1] Nordsieck, H. (1994). "Türkische Clausiliidae, II: Neue Taxa der Unterfamilien Serrulininae und Mentissoideinae in Anatolien (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)"". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie)513 1–36, Stuttgart.

[2] Szekeres, Miklós (1998). "New and little known Clausiliidae (Gastropoda Pulmonata) from eastern Turkey". Basteria. 62: 169–173.

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