Pseudiberus chentingensis

Pseudiberus chentingensis
A shell of Pseudiberus chentingensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Pseudiberus
Species:	P. chentingensis
Binomial name
Pseudiberus chentingensis Yen, 1935
Synonyms [1]
Pseudiberus cixianensisChen & Zhang, 2000 [2]

Pseudiberus chentingensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bradybaeninae.

Subspecies

• Pseudiberus chentingensis latispiraYen, 1935 ^[1]

Distribution

This species is found in China. The type locality is Zhengding (Changing), in Hebei Province. ^[1]

Description

The shell has 4.5–52⁄3 whorls. ^[1] The width of the shell is 19.4–22.3 mm, and the height of the shell is 9.7–11.1 mm. ^[1]

The width of the shell of Pseudiberus chentingensis latispira is 14.1–21 mm. ^[1] The height of the shell of Pseudiberus chentingensis latispira is 7.1–12.3 mm. ^[1]

Apical view.

Umbilical view.

References

1. Wu M. & Qi G. (2006). "A taxonomic note on Pseudiberus Ancey, 1887 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Bradybaenidae)". Folia Malacologica 14(1): 25–30. doi:10.12657/folmal.014.003 PDF.
2. Chen D. N. & Zhang G. Q. (2000). "A new species of the family Bradybaenidae from China (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Bradybaenidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 25: 275–276.

Further reading

• Yen T. C. (1935). "The non-marine gastropods of North China. Part I." Publications du Musée Hoangho Paiho de Tien Tsin 34: 1–57.