Pagodulina pagodula
species of Gastropoda
Pagodulina pagodula is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Pagodulinidae, and the superfamily Pupilloidea.
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
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
The distribution of this species is Alpine. It occurs in the following countries:
Poland – critically endangered in southern Poland
Slovakia
References
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).
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