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Truncatophaedusa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Clausiliidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Clausilioidea

Genus
  
Truncatophaedusa Majoros, Németh, L. & Szili-Kovács, 1994

Truncatophaedusa is a monotypic land snail genus belonging to the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. The sole species belonging to the genus is Truncatophaedusa evae Majoros, Németh, L. & Szili-Kovács, 1994.

Ecology

The species inhabits a small area in the Western Caucasus in the vicinity of Sochi. It is known from two localities:

  • The valley of the river Dagomys near the village Nor Luis. The site is 10 km to the north of the village Dagomys, to the north of Sochi (locus typicus). The habitat is a mossy riverbank under a thick boxwood (Buxus) forest.
  • The valley of the river Hosta, southeast of Sochi. The riverbank where the dirt road enters the village Rossvet from the south.

    • Nordsieck (2007) considers the genus Truncatophaedusa to be a subgenus of the genus Serrulina.

    References

    Truncatophaedusa Wikipedia
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