Fukuia kurodai

Fukuia kurodai is a species of amphibious freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[1]

Fukuia kurodai
A pair of Fukuia kurodai kurodai mating above the water line
Scientific classification
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Pomatiopsinae
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F. kurodai
Binomial name
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:

  • Fukuia kurodai kurodai Abbott & Hunter, 1949[1]
  • Fukuia kurodai niigataensis Minato, 1973[1]

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]

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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. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.
  2. 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.


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