Caucasotachea

Caucasotachea is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicidae.[2]

Caucasotachea
Caucasotachea vindobonensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Tribe: Helicini
Genus: Caucasotachea
C. R. Boettger, 1909
Type species
Helix atrolabiata
Krynicki, 1833[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Austrotachea Pfeffer, 1930
  • Caucasotachea (Caucasotachea) C. R. Boettger, 1909· accepted, alternate representation

Species

The following species are currently classified in the genus:[3]

  • Caucasotachea andrussovi Steklov, 1966
  • Caucasotachea atrolabiata (Krynicki, 1833)
  • Caucasotachea beringi Schütt, 1985
  • Caucasotachea calligera (Dubois de Montpéreux, 1840)
  • Caucasotachea candirensis Schütt, 1985
  • Caucasotachea intercedens (Retowski, 1889)
  • Caucasotachea kubanica Steklov, 1966
  • Caucasotachea leucoranea (Mousson, 1863)
  • Caucasotachea phrygomysica (Oppenheim, 1919)
  • Caucasotachea vindobonensis (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)

Genetics

The haploid number of chromosomes is 25 (C. vindobonensis)[4] or 26 (C. atrolabiata).[5]

References

  1. "Genus taxon summary for Caucasotachea". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Caucasotachea C. R. Boettger, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996428 on 2020-08-30
  3. Eike Neubert & Ruud Bank (2006). "Notes on the species of Caucasotachea C. Boettger 1909 and Lindholmia P. Hesse 1919, with annotations to the Helicidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 135 (1): 101–132. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/135/101-13210.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/135/101-132.
  4. Gill, J. J. B.; Cain, A. J. (1986). "The chromosomes of Cepaea vindobonensis (Pulmonata: Helicidae) and the relationship between this species and the rest of the genus". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 28 (3): 315–320. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1986.tb01760.x.
  5. Bakhtadze, N. G.; Chakvetadze, N. L.; Mumladze, L. J.; Bakhtadze, G. I.; Tskhadaia, E. A. (2016). "Karyological Data of Terrestrial Mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of Georgia" (PDF). Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Ilia State University, Tbilisi). 25: 23–27.
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