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Carpathica
Carpathica is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Oxychilidae. DistributionDistribution of Carpathica include south-eastern Europe and Turkey.[2] DescriptionAnimal cannot withdraw into the shell.[2] The shell is with 0.5-2 whorls.[2] The last whorl is much inflated.[2] Reproductive system: Penis is more or less long, usually cylindrical, with appendix (flagellum) at its terminal end.[2] Vas deferens is inserting laterally (subterminally).[2] Retractor connects at appendix.[2] Vagina is usually shorter, surrounded by a vaginal gland in its posterior part.[2] Spermatheca duct is usually short and usually inserting in the zone covered by the vaginal gland.[2] The spermatheca is spherical or ovoid.[2] Oviduct is usually short and sometimes thinner than penis and vagina.[2] Atrium is short.[2] Carpathica differs from Daudebardia in the presence of an appendix or flagellum at the apical end of the penis; vas deferens inserts subterminally (in Daudebardia terminally).[2] If Daudebardia transsylvanica is conspecific with Carpathica langi, which is likely if results by Alexandru Vasile Grossu (1983)[3] are tenable (they suggest an uninterrupted gradient between both forms),[2] then there are no differences between Daudebardia and Carpathica, neither in shell not in the anatomy,[2] and the species classified in Carpathica should be placed in Daudebardia.[2] SpeciesSpecies within the genus Carpathica include:
ReferencesThis article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]
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