Pontophaedusella Explained

Pontophaedusella is a monotypic genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Species

The sole species belonging to this genus is Pontophaedusella offenses Nordsieck 1994. This species is known only from the type locality ("Prov. Trabzon, FF 03, 2 km SW Of"). The anatomy of Pontophaedusella ofensis was described by Szekeres (1998).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Szekeres. Miklós. New and little known Clausiliidae (Gastropoda Pulmonata) from eastern Turkey.. Basteria. 1998. 62. 169–173..