Neophaedusa spelaeonis

Neophaedusa spelaeonis
Neophaedusa spelaeonis
Conservation status
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: Neophaedusa
Species: N. spelaeonis
Binomial name
Neophaedusa spelaeonis
Kuroda & Minato, 1975
Synonyms

Mesozaptyx spelaeonis Kuroda & Minato, 1975[2]

Neophaedusa 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.

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Description

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

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to central part[3] of Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.[4]

It is endangered species (CR+EN) in Japan.[4]

Ecology

It lives in limestone caves.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Neophaedusa spelaeonis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. ^ http://shell.kwansei.ac.jp/detail.php?id=303
  3. ^ a b c d http://www.biodic.go.jp/cgi-db/gen/RDB_G2000_DO.RDB_DETAIL?wamei=%A5%AB%A5%B6%A5%A2%A5%CA%A5%AE%A5%BB%A5%EB&bunrui_c=&rank=&search_str=%&gaku_n=&start_row=1 accessed 1 August 2010
  4. ^ a b (Japanese) カザアナギセル Neophaedusa spelaeonis. Japanese Red data book, accessed 1 August 2010.

Further reading

  • (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.
  • (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.

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