Plentuisa

Plentuisa vendia is a species of land snail in the family Geomitridae,[3] the hairy snails and their allies. It is endemic to Spain.[1]

Plentuisa vendia

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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Plentuisa

Puente & Prieto, 1992
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P. vendia
Binomial name
Plentuisa vendia
Puente & Prieto, 1992[2]

This snail is known only from the Picos de Europa range in northern Spain. It has been found at only three locations. There it lives in open, rocky habitat, taking shelter in crevices and under plants. Its entire range is within Picos de Europa National Park, where it receives some protection.[1]

References

  1. Gomez, B. 2013. Plentuisa vendia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 09 September 2014.
  2. Puente, A. I.; Prieto, C. E. (1992). "Plentuisa vendia, a new genus and species from the Picos de Europa (north of the Iberian Peninsula) (Gastropoda: Helicoidea: Hygromiidae)". Journal of Conchology. 34: 159.
  3. Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25485783.
  • (in Spanish) Plentuisa vendia. Inventarios Nacionales. Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente.


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