Biology:Halongella fruhstorferi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Halongella fruhstorferi
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Halongella fruhstorferi shells
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H. fruhstorferi
Binomial name
Halongella fruhstorferi
(Möllendorff, 1901)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Plectopylis (Sinicola) fruhstorferi Möllendorff, 1901
Gudeodiscus fruhstorferi (Möllendorff, 1901)

Halongella fruhstorferi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Halongella fruhstorferi includes only Kebao Island/Vân Đồn Island in Hạ Long Bay area in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam.[2]

Ecology

It is a ground-dwelling species as all other plectopylid snails in Vietnam.[2]

References

This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[2]

  1. (in German) Möllendorff O. von (1901). "Diagnosen neuer von H. Fruhstorfer in Tongking gesammelter Landschnecken". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 33(5–6): 65–81, 110–119. pages 114-115.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Páll-Gergely B., Hunyadi A., Ablett J., Luong Van H., Naggs F. & Asami T. (2015). "Systematics of the family Plectopylidae in Vietnam with additional information on Chinese taxa (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora)". ZooKeys 473: 1–118. doi:10.3897/zookeys.473.8659.

Wikidata ☰ Q21265917 entry