Brephulopsis cylindrica
| Brephulopsis cylindrica | |
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| Brephulopsis cylindrica (white form) | |
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| Brephulopsis cylindrica (streaked form) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Enidae |
| Genus: | Brephulopsis |
| Species: | B. cylindrica
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| Binomial name | |
| Brephulopsis cylindrica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 | |
Brephulopsis cylindrica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.
Distribution
[edit]The distribution of this species includes:
- Ukraine - mainly in Crimea and other southern regions, but recently invaded also other parts of country[2][3]
- Moldova[4]
- Belarus - since 2010[5]
Description
[edit]The color of the shell is bluish white or white, sometimes with dark streaks and opaque.[6] The shell has 9-12 not very convex whorls.[6] The aperture is inside yellow-brownish in color, with a weak white lip.[6] Columella is slightly thickened.[6]
The width of the shell is 7.5–9 mm.[6] The height of the shell is 22–35 mm.[6]
Nomenclature
[edit]Before 2015 the specific name cylindricus was not available for this species because Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 is a junior homonym of Bulimus cylindricus Gray, 1825.[6] The correct name would be most probably Brephulopsis fusiformis (Menke, 1828).[6] Although prevailing usage of the current name was conserved in 2015 by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature that used its plenary power to rule that the name Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Bulimus cylindricus Gray, 1825.[7][8]
References
[edit]This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[6]
- ^ Menke C. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. pp. I-XII [= 1-12], 1-91. Pyrmonti. (Gelpke). page 77.
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ^ Balashov I., Kramarenko S., Shyriaieva D., Vasyliuk O. Invasion of a Crimean land snail Brephulopsis cylindrica into protected relict steppic hilltops (tovtrs) in Western Ukraine: a threat to native biodiversity? // Journal of Conchology. — 2018. — 43 (1). — P. 59—69.
- ^ Balashov I.A., Son M.O., Coadă V., Welter-Schultes F. An updated annotated checklist of the molluscs of the Republic of Moldova // Folia Malacologica. – 2013. – 21 (3). – P. 175-181.
- ^ (in Russian) Rabchuk V. P. & Zemoglyadchuk K. V. (2011). "Первая для Беларуси находка наземного вида моллюсков Brephulopsis cylindrica (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae). [The first finding of land snail Brephulopsis cylindrica (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae) in the territory of Belarus]". Ruthenica 21(2): 95-96. PDF.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Species summary for Brephulopsis cylindrica". AnimalBase, last modified 12 August 2008, accessed 2 September 2011.
- ^ Balashov I., Welter-Schultes F. 2013. Case 3609. Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Enidae): proposed conservation of the specific name // Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70 (1): 9-11.
- ^ ICZN. 2015. Opinion 2363 (Case 3609) Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, enidae): specific name conserved. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72 (3): 229-230.