Mandarina

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Mandarina
Helix luhuanus G.B.Sowerby, 1839 Type figure.jpg
apertural view of the shell of Mandarina luhuana
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Mandarina

Diversity[3]
17 species, 5 of them are extinct

Mandarina is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.[1]

Mandarina have been traditionally placed within Camaenidae.[3] Phylogenic study by Chiba (1999)[4] have found, that Mandarina is closely related to Euhadra (family Bradybaenidae) and that Mandarina have probably evolved from Euhadra.[3]

Distribution

The genus Mandarina is endemic to Ogasawara Islands.[3]

Description

The shell is solid.[3] The width of the shell is 15–80 mm.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Mandarina include:

Ecology

Mandarina live in various habitats including arboreal, semi-arboreal, ground habitats, wet habitats and dry habitats.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Davison, A.; Chiba, S. (2006). "Labile ecotypes accompany rapid cladogenesis in an adaptive radiation of Mandarina (Bradybaenidae) land snails". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 88 (2): 269. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00624.x.
  2. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1894). In Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology (2)9: 214.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Chiba, S. (2010). "Species Diversity and Conservation of Mandarina, an Endemic Land Snail of the Ogasawara Islands". Restoring the Oceanic Island Ecosystem. pp. 117–125. doi:10.1007/978-4-431-53859-2_18. ISBN 978-4-431-53858-5. PDF (2010 reprint) Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Chiba S. (1999). "Accelerated evolution of land snails Mandarina in the oceanic Bonin Islands: evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequences". Evolution 53(2): 460-471. JSTOR.

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