Fukuia ooyagii explained

Fukuia ooyagii is a species of freshwater snail which has an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.

Taxonomy

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) Fukuia ooyagii should be separated from Fukuia, and its generic assignment should be determined coupled with the investigation of its soft-part morphology. The most closely related genus is Blanfordia.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the northern part of Honshu, Japan.

Ecology

This species is freshwater snail living in mountain streamlets.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference[1]

Notes and References

  1. Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. .