''Pontophaedusella'' is a
monotypic genus of air-breathing land snails,
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 ...
mollusks in the family
Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a
clausilium.
Species
The sole species belonging to this genus is ''Pontophaedusella offenses'' Nordsieck 1994. This species is known only from the type locality ("
Prov. Trabzon, FF 03, 2 km SW
Of"). The anatomy of ''Pontophaedusella ofensis'' was described by Szekeres (1998).
References
Clausiliidae
Endemic fauna of Turkey
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