Chondrula

Chondrula
Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Chondrula tridens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Enidae
Genus:	Chondrula Beck, 1837[1]
Type species
Helix tridens O.F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
Buliminus (Chondrula) Beck, 1837 Buliminus (Chondrulus) Westerlund, 1887 Chondrulus Westerlund, 1887 Dentistomus M. Kimakowicz, 1890 Eucore Charpentier, 1837 Gonodon Held, 1838 Odontalus Parreyss, 1849 Pupa (Chondrula) Beck, 1837 (original combination) Tridensiana Caziot, 1910

Chondrula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae. [2]

Chondrula is the type genus of the tribe Chondrulini.[3]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Chondrula ranges from Europe and northern Africa and to Iran.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Chondrula include:

• Chondrula albolimbata (Pfeiffer, 1859)[5]
• Chondrula beieri Klemm, 1962[5] - from Greece
• Chondrula bergeri (Roth, 1839) [5]
• Chondrula bicallosa (Pfeiffer, 1847)[5]
• Chondrula consentanea (Westerlund, 1887)[5] - from the Balkans
• Chondrula diodon (Retowski, 1883)[5]
• Chondrula jaczewskii (Wagner, 1928)[5]
• Chondrula lugorensis Wagner, 1914[5] - from the Balkans
• Chondrula lycaonica (Sturany, 1904)[5] - from Turkey
• Chondrula macedonica Wagner, 1914 [5]
• Chondrula microtragus (Rossmässler, 1839)[5]
• Chondrula mletaki Lajtner, 1993
• Chondrula munita (Westerlund, 1894)[5] - synonym: Chondrula minuta, from Greece
• Chondrula orientalis (Pfeiffer, 1848)[5] - from Turkey
• Chondrula pindica (Westerlund, 1894)[5] - from Greece
• Chondrula pupa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Chondrula quinquedentata (Rossmässler, 1837)[5]
• Chondrula sturmii (Küster, 1852)[5] - from Turkey
• Chondrula tricuspidata (Küster, 1843)[5]
• Chondrula tridens (O. F. Müller, 1774) - type species[5]
• Chondrula vaderi Gittenberger, 1967[5]
• Chondrula werneri (Sturany, 1902) - from Turkey

synonyms

• Chondrula nachicevanjensis Hudec, 1972: synonym of Multidentula nachicevanjensis (Hudec, 1972)
• Chondrula peloponnesica Gittenberger, 1984 is a synonym of Mastus peloponnesicus (Gittenberger, 1984)
• Chondrula pupa (Linnaeus, 1758) is a synonym of Mastus pupa (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. Beck H. (1837). Index molluscorum præsentis ævi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. pp. 1-100 [1837], 101-124 [1838]. Hafniae. PDF, page 87.
2. MolluscaBase (2018). Chondrula H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818170 on 2018-12-26
3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
4. "". AnimalBase, last update 29 January 2009, accessed 11 June 2012.
5. "". AnimalBase, accessed 11 June 2012.