''Pontophaedusa funiculum'' is a species of
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 ...
, 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 clausilial apparatus in ''Pontophaedusa funiculum'' (Mousson, 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)"
''Malacologica Bohemoslovaca'' 9: 1–4. Online serial at 15-February-2010. All door snails have a
clausilium with which they can close the shell aperture.
This is the only known species within the Clausiliidae that lays eggs that have hard shells made of
calcium carbonate.
Distribution
''Pontophaedusa funiculum'' lives on the eastern coast of the
Black Sea from
Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
in Russia, though
Georgia, to
Trabzon in
Turkey.
[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 8-February-2008.
References
Clausiliidae
Gastropods described in 1856
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