Pontophaedusa funiculum

Pontophaedusa funiculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Clausilioidea
Family: Clausiliidae
Subfamily: Serrulininae
Genus: Pontophaedusa
Species: 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]

This is the only known species within the Clausiliidae that lays eggs with 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]

References

  1. ^ (German) Mousson, A. (1856). "Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Schäfli 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 Bohemoslovaca 9: 1–4. Online serial at <http://mollusca.sav.sk> 15-February-2010.
  3. ^ a b 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 Bohemoslovaca 7: 11-14. Online serial at <http://mollusca.sav.sk> 8-February-2008.