Chondrula

Chondrula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae. [2]

Chondrula
Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Chondrula tridens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Enidae
Subfamily:
Eninae
Tribe:
Chondrulini
Genus:
Chondrula

Beck, 1837[1]
Type species
Helix tridens O.F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
  • Buliminus (Chondrula) Beck, 1837
  • Buliminus (Chondrulus) Westerlund, 1887
  • Chondrulus Westerlund, 1887
  • Dentistomus M. Kimakowicz, 1890
  • Eucore Charpentier, 1837
  • Gonodon Held, 1838
  • Odontalus Parreyss, 1849
  • Pupa (Chondrula) Beck, 1837 (original combination)
  • Tridensiana Caziot, 1910

Chondrula is the type genus of the tribe Chondrulini.[3]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Chondrula ranges from Europe and northern Africa and to Iran.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Chondrula include:

  • Chondrula albolimbata (Pfeiffer, 1859)[5]
  • Chondrula beieri Klemm, 1962[5] - from Greece
  • Chondrula bergeri (Roth, 1839) [5]
  • Chondrula bicallosa (Pfeiffer, 1847)[5]
  • Chondrula consentanea (Westerlund, 1887)[5] - from the Balkans
  • Chondrula diodon (Retowski, 1883)[5]
  • Chondrula jaczewskii (Wagner, 1928)[5]
  • Chondrula lugorensis Wagner, 1914[5] - from the Balkans
  • Chondrula lycaonica (Sturany, 1904)[5] - from Turkey
  • Chondrula macedonica Wagner, 1914 [5]
  • Chondrula microtragus (Rossmässler, 1839)[5]
  • Chondrula mletaki Lajtner, 1993
  • Chondrula munita (Westerlund, 1894)[5] - synonym: Chondrula minuta, from Greece
  • Chondrula orientalis (Pfeiffer, 1848)[5] - from Turkey
  • Chondrula pindica (Westerlund, 1894)[5] - from Greece
  • Chondrula pupa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Chondrula quinquedentata (Rossmässler, 1837)[5]
  • Chondrula sturmii (Küster, 1852)[5] - from Turkey
  • Chondrula tricuspidata (Küster, 1843)[5]
  • Chondrula tridens (O. F. Müller, 1774) - type species[5]
  • Chondrula vaderi Gittenberger, 1967[5]
  • Chondrula werneri (Sturany, 1902) - from Turkey
synonyms
  • Chondrula nachicevanjensis Hudec, 1972: synonym of Multidentula nachicevanjensis (Hudec, 1972)
  • Chondrula peloponnesica Gittenberger, 1984 is a synonym of Mastus peloponnesicus (Gittenberger, 1984)
  • Chondrula pupa (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of Mastus pupa (Linnaeus, 1758)

References
  1. Beck H. (1837). Index molluscorum præsentis ævi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. pp. 1-100 [1837], 101-124 [1838]. Hafniae. PDF, page 87.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Chondrula H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818170 on 2018-12-26
  3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. "". AnimalBase, last update 29 January 2009, accessed 11 June 2012.
  5. "". AnimalBase, accessed 11 June 2012.


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