Pontophaedusa funiculum

Pontophaedusa funiculum is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails within the subfamily Serrulininae.[2] All door snails have a clausilium with which they can close the shell aperture.

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

This is the only known species within the Clausiliidae that lays eggs that have 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. (in German) Mousson, A. (1856). "Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Schläfli 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. 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.


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