Pontophaedusella

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Pontophaedusella
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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Pontophaedusella

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]

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References

  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.