Pagodulina pagodula
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| Pagodulina pagodula pagodula shell (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Pagodulinidae |
| Genus: | Pagodulina |
| Species: | P. pagodula
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| Binomial name | |
| Pagodulina pagodula (Des Moulins, 1830)[1]
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Pagodulina pagodula is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Pagodulinidae, and the superfamily Pupilloidea.[2]
Pagodulina pagodula is the type species of the genus Pagodulina.
- Subspecies
- Pagodulina pagodula altilis Klemm, 1939
- Pagodulina pagodula pagodula (Des Moulins, 1830)
- Pagodulina pagodula principalis Klemm, 1939
The genus and the species name both mean little pagoda, a reference to the shape of the shell.
- Synonyms
- Pagodulina pagodula sparsa Pilsbry, 1924: synonym of Pagodulina sparsa Pilsbry, 1924 (basionym)
- Pagodulina pagodula var. subdola Gredler, 1856: synonym of Pagodulina subdola (Gredler, 1856) (original combination and rank)
Shell description
[edit]The shells of this snail species are minute, about 3 mm in height, barrel-shaped or skep-shaped, with a flared and somewhat ear-shaped aperture.
Distribution
[edit]The distribution of this species is Alpine.[3] It occurs in the following countries:
- Poland – critically endangered in southern Poland[4]
- Slovakia
References
[edit]- ^ Des Moulins C. (1830). "Description d'une nouvelle espèce vivante de Pupa, du Périgord". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 4: 158-163, plate 1.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pagodulina pagodula (Des Moulins, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1003474 on 2021-11-26
- ^ (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
- ^ Beata M. Pokryszko. "Pagodulina pagodula (Des Moulins, 1830)". Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauk.
- Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates.
- Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
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