Fukuia kurodai
Fukuia kurodai is a species of amphibious freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[1]
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| A pair of Fukuia kurodai kurodai mating above the water line | |
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| Subfamily: | Pomatiopsinae |
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| Species: | F. kurodai |
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| Fukuia kurodai Abbott & Hunter, 1949 | |
Fukuia kurodai is the type species of the genus Fukuia.[2]
Subspecies
There are two[1] subspecies of Fukuia kurodai:
Distribution
This species is endemic to Honshu, Japan.[1]
Dripping rocks covered with bryophytes beside a waterfall are inhabited by the amphibious species Fukuia kurodai
Ecology
This species is a freshwater snail which lives in mountain streamlets.[1] It is also an amphibious snail and it is often arboreal.[1]
References
- 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.
- 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. ISBN 978-1-4223-1926-0, at Google books.
External links
- "Fukuia kurodai kurodai". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- "Fukuia kurodai niigataensis". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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