Chondrina

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Chondrina
Chondrina avenacea shell.jpg
shells of Chondrina avenacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Chondrina

Synonyms
  • Alloglossa Lindström, 1868
  • Chondrina (Chondrina) Reichenbach, 1828 (no subgenera are recognized)
  • Modicella H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Pupa (Modicella) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855

Chondrina is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.

All species of Chondrina are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on the Iberian peninsula, in northern Italy and in the Balkans. The species are restricted to calcareous rocks, and occur only on vertical, exposed rock faces.

Species

There are more than 40[2] extant species in the genus Chondrina, with four new species described in 2010.[3]

References

  1. ^ Reichenbach H. G. L. (1828). Zoologie oder Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs nach eigenen Ansichten bearbeitet. Theil 1. Allgemeine Taschenbibliothek der Naturwissenschaften Theil V. Zoologie. Dresden.
  2. ^ Kokshoorn B., Schoor M. van, Erkelens I. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Waves of dispersal in island-hopping Chondrina species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Chondrinidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2010.02.001. PDF[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c d e Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zootaxa 2539: 1-62. 22 plates. preview.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Species in genus Chondrina [n=27]. AnimalBase. accessed 1 August 2010.

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