Misplaced Pages

Megalophaedusa spelaeonis

Article snapshot taken from[REDACTED] with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Neophaedusa spelaeonis) Species of gastropod

Megalophaedusa spelaeonis
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Clausilioidea
Family: Clausiliidae
Subfamily: Phadusinae
Genus: Megalophaedusa
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
  • 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.

Description

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

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to central part of Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.

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

Ecology

It lives in limestone caves.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Neophaedusa spelaeonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14540A4442980. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14540A4442980.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2010-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Megalophaedusa spelaeonis (Kuroda & Minato, 1975). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1334143 on 2022-07-03
  4. ^ "いきものログ：環境省". www.biodic.go.jp. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  5. ^ (in Japanese) カザアナギセル Neophaedusa spelaeonis. Japanese Red data book, accessed 1 August 2010.
  • 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

Taxon identifiers
Neophaedusa spelaeonis


Stub icon

This Clausiliidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:
Megalophaedusa spelaeonis Add topic