Spelaeoconcha
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| Drawing of three views of a shell of Spelaeoconcha paganettii from its original description by Rudolf Sturany in 1901 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Spelaeoconchidae A. J. Wagner, 1928[2] |
| Genus: | Spelaeoconcha Sturany, 1901[1] |
| Species: | S. paganettii
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| Spelaeoconcha paganettii | |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
The distribution of Spelaeoconcha paganettii includes Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina.[5]
Description[edit]
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[edit]
This small snail was found under stone rubble, on blackish-brown soil in a cave.[5]
References[edit]
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [5]
- ^ a b (in German) Sturany R. (1901). "Ueber eine neue Höhlenschnecke". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 51: 761-762.
- ^ Wagner A. J. (1928). Annales Zoologicae Musei Polonici Historiae Naturalis 6(4): 318.
- ^ "Spelaeoconcha paganettii". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.