Plentuisa

Plentuisa vendia
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Plentuisa; Puente & Prieto, 1992
Species:	P. vendia
Binomial name
	Plentuisa vendia; Puente & Prieto, 1992[2]

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]

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

Gomez, B. 2013. Plentuisa vendia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 09 September 2014.
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.
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.

External links

(in Spanish) Plentuisa vendia. Inventarios Nacionales. Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente.

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[iucn-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.