Spelaeoconcha

Spelaeoconcha
Drawing of three views of a shell of Spelaeoconcha paganettii from its original description by Rudolf Sturany in 1901
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Spelaeoconchidae
A. J. Wagner, 1928[2]
Genus: Spelaeoconcha
Sturany, 1901[1]
Species:
S. paganettii
Binomial name
Spelaeoconcha paganettii
Subspecies[3]
  • Spelaeoconcha paganettii alphonsi Maassen, 1989
  • Spelaeoconcha paganettii paganettii Sturany, 1902
  • Spelaeoconcha paganettii polymorpha A. J. Wagner, 1914

Spelaeoconcha paganettii is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.[4]

The genus is monotypic, as also is the family.

Taxonomy

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The family Spelaeoconchidae is classified within the informal group Orthurethra, itself belonging to the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[4] The family Spelaeoconchidae has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Spelaeoconcha paganettii is the only species in the genus Spelaeoconcha and Spelaeoconcha is the only genus in the family Spelaeoconchidae.

Spelaeoconcha is the type genus of the family Spelaeoconchidae.[4]

Distribution

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The distribution of Spelaeoconcha paganettii includes Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina.[5]

Description

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The shell is whitish or pale yellowish, almost smooth and very shiny.[5] The shell has 7 not very convex whorls.[5] The last whorl is ascending shortly before the aperture.[5] The aperture is without teeth.[5] Apertural margin is thickened except on upper side, and with a wavy contour seen from the side.[5] Umbilicus is open but very narrow, only partly covered by columellar margin of the aperture.[5]

The width of the shell is 2.5–2.6 mm.[5] The height of the shell is 5.4–6.1 mm.[5]

Ecology

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This small snail was found under stone rubble, on blackish-brown soil in a cave.[5]

References

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This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [5]

  1. ^ a b (in German) Sturany R. (1901). "Ueber eine neue Höhlenschnecke". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 51: 761-762.
  2. ^ Wagner A. J. (1928). Annales Zoologicae Musei Polonici Historiae Naturalis 6(4): 318.
  3. ^ "Spelaeoconcha paganettii". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Species summary for Spelaeoconcha paganettii". AnimalBase, last modified 12 August 2008, accessed 5 April 2011.