Fukuia kurodai
Fukuia kurodai | |
---|---|
![]() | |
A pair of Fukuia kurodai kurodai mating above the water line | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
|
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
(unranked): | |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | |
Species: | F. kurodai
|
Binomial name | |
Fukuia kurodai Abbott & Hunter, 1949
|
Fukuia kurodai is a species of amphibious freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[1]
Fukuia kurodai is the type species of the genus Fukuia.
Subspecies[]
There are two[1] subspecies of Fukuia kurodai:
Distribution[]
This species is endemic to Honshu, Japan.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fukuia_kurodai_habitat.png/220px-Fukuia_kurodai_habitat.png)
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[]
- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
External links[]
- "Fukuia kurodai kurodai". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- "Fukuia kurodai niigataensis". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Categories:
- Pomatiopsidae
- Gastropods described in 1949
- Hypsogastropoda stubs