''Pontophaedusa'' is a genus of small air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family
Clausiliidae, the door snails. It is within the subfamily
Serrulininae.
[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 15-February-2010.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pontophaedusa'' include:
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Pontophaedusa funiculum
''Pontophaedusa funiculum'' is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails within the subfamily Serrulininae.Páll-Gergely B. (2010)"Additional information on the reproductive biology and development of the ...
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References
AnimalBase info
Clausiliidae
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