Fukuia integra

Fukuia integra
live Fukuia integra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Pomatiopsidae
Subfamily: Pomatiopsinae
Genus: Fukuia
Species: F. integra
Binomial name
Fukuia integra
(Pilsbry, 1924)[2]
Synonyms[3]

Blanfordia integra Pilsbry, 1924[2]

Fukuia integra, also known as Blanfordia integra, is a species of land snail which has an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[3]

Taxonomy

Henry Augustus Pilsbry described this species under name Blanfordia integra in 1924.[2]

Davis (1979)[4] noted that genital structures of Blanfordia integra are similar to those of Fukuia.[3] Although he doubted if Fukuia and Blanfordia are morphologically distinct based on such evidence, it is an apparent confusion resulting from the inadequate generic assignment of Blanfordia integra.[3]

According to the molecular analyses of 18S ribosomal RNA, 28S ribosomal RNA, 16S ribosomal RNA, and cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes by Kameda & Kato (2011)[3] noted that Blanfordia integra is undoubtedly a member of the genus Fukuia.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Japan.[3] It is a Vulnerable species.[1]

The type locality is Makuragisan, Izumo, Honshu.[5]

Description

The shape of the shell is broadly ovate.[5] The shell has 4.5-5.3 whorls.[5] There is a strong axial sculpture on the shell.[5]

The width of the shell is 2.4-3.2 mm.[5] The height of the shell is 3.6-5.2 mm.[5]

Ecology

This species lives as a terrestrial snail in inland forests.[3] It is often arboreal.[3]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference[3]

  1. 1 2 (Japanese) "ヤママメタニシ". 日本のレッドデータ検索システム [Japanese Red List Data Book], accessed 17 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Pilsbry H. A. (1924). "On some Japanese land and fresh water mollusks". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 76: 11-13. page 12. figure 3.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.
  4. Davis G. M. (1979). "The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong river Triculinae". Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 20: 1-120. at Google books.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bartsch P. (1936). "Molluscan intermediate hosts of the Asiatic blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum, and species confused with them". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 95(5): 1-60.

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