Candidula unifasciata explained

Candidula unifasciata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.^[1]

Subspecies:

• Candidula unifasciata acosmia (Bourguignat, 1882)
• Candidula unifasciata soosiana (H. Wagner, 1933)
• Candidula unifasciata unifasciata (Poiret, 1801)
• Candidula unifasciata vincae (De Stefani, 1883)

Distribution

This species occurs in European countries and islands including:

• Great Britain
• Netherlands
• France
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Germany^[2]
• Poland
• Czech Republic
• Slovakia - in Slovakia it was recognized under the name Candidula soosiana

References

• Studer, S. (1820). Kurzes Verzeichnis der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien. Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 3 (11): 83–90; (12): 91–94. Bern
• Alten, J. W. von. (1812). Systematische Abhandlung über die Erd- und Flußconchylien welche um Augsburg und der umliegenden Gegend gefunden werden. I-XVI, 1–120, Tab. I-XIV.
• Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.
• Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates

External links

• • http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1305
• Poiret, J. L. M. (1801). Coquilles fluviatiles et terrestres observées dans le Département de l'Aisne et aux environs de Paris : prodrome. xi + 119 pp
• Chueca, L. J., Schell, T. & Pfenninger, M. (2021). Whole-genome re-sequencing data to infer historical demography and speciation processes in land snails: the study of two Candidula sister species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 376: 20200156

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Candidula unifasciata (Poiret, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426356 on 2020-07-25
2. Pfenninger M. & Posada D. (2002). "Phylogeographic history of the land snail Candidula unifasciata (Helicellinae, Stylommatophora): Fragmentation, corridor migration, and secondary contact." Evolution 56(9): 1776-1788. PubMed Abstract