Pontophaedusa funiculum

Pontophaedusa funiculum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Pontophaedusa
Species:
P. funiculum
Binomial name
Pontophaedusa funiculum
(Mousson, 1856)
Synonyms

Clausilia funiculum Mousson, 1856

Pontophaedusa funiculum is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails within the subfamily Serrulininae. 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.

It can live up to 15 years in captivity.

Distribution

Pontophaedusa funiculum lives on the eastern coast of the Black Sea from Sochi in Russia, though Georgia, to Trabzon in Turkey.

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, Barna (2010-02-15). "Additional information on the reproductive biology and development of the clausilial apparatus in Pontophaedusa funiculum (Mousson, 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca. 9. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University: 1–4. doi:10.5817/MaB2010-9-1. ISSN 1336-6939.
  3. 1 2 Páll-Gergely, Barna; Németh, László (2008-02-08). "Observations on the breeding habits, shell development, decollation, and reproductive anatomy of Pontophaedusa funiculum (Mousson 1856) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae, Phaedusinae)". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca. 7. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University: 11–14. doi:10.5817/MaB2008-7-11. ISSN 1336-6939.
  4. ↑ Páll-Gergely, Barna (2021-08-06). "Pontophaedusa funiculum (Mousson, 1856) (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Clausiliidae) lived in captivity for 15 years". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca. 20. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University: 35–36. doi:10.5817/MaB2021-20-35. ISSN 1336-6939.