Biology:Megalophaedusa spelaeonis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Megalophaedusa spelaeonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Phadusinae
Genus:
Species:
M. spelaeonis
Binomial name
Megalophaedusa spelaeonis
(Kuroda & Minato, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Megalophaedusa (Mundiphaedusa) spelaeonis (Kuroda & Minato, 1975) (unaccepted combination)
  • Megalophaedusa (Neophaedusa) spelaeonis (Kuroda & Minato, 1975) · alternate representation
  • Mesozaptyx spelaeonis Kuroda & Minato, 1975[2]
  • Neophaedusa spelaeonis Kuroda & Minato, 1975 (original combination)

Megalophaedusa spelaeonis, in Japanese: Kazaanagiseru (カザアナギセル, Kazaanagiseru), is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. [3]

Description

The height of the shell is 10–11 mm.[4] The width of the shell is 2.5–3 mm.[4]

Red marks the location of Kumamoto Prefecture, where Neophaedusa spelaeonis is endemic.

Distribution

This species is endemic to central part[4] of Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan .[5]

It is endangered species (CR+EN) in Japan.[5]

Ecology

It lives in limestone caves.[4]

References

  • Kuroda, T. & Minato, H. (1975). Description of a New Genus and Two New Species of Clausiliidae from Lime-stone Caves in Japan. Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology). 34(1-2): 1-10.

Further reading

  • (in Japanese) 浜田 善利 (1967). "錘乳洞内のキセルガイ : イシカワギセルとカザアナギセル:". ちりぼたん 4(8): 133-136. CiNii.
  • (in Japanese) 黒田徳米 & 湊 宏 (1975). "石灰岩洞窟産キセルガイの1新属2新種". Venus 34'(1-2): 1-3. Malacological Society of Japan, Tokyo.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3320194 entry