Pseudiberus chentingensis

Pseudiberus chentingensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.

Pseudiberus chentingensis
A shell of Pseudiberus chentingensis
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:
Bradybaenidae
Genus:
Pseudiberus
Species:
P. chentingensis
Binomial name
Pseudiberus chentingensis
Yen, 1935
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudiberus cixianensis Chen & Zhang, 2000[2]

Subspecies
  • Pseudiberus chentingensis latispira Yen, 1935[1]

Distribution

This species is found in China. The type locality is Zhengding (Changing), in Hebei Province.[1]

Description

The shell has 4.5–5​2⁄3 whorls.[1] The width of the shell is 19.4–22.3 mm, and the height of the shell is 9.7–11.1 mm.[1]

The width of the shell of Pseudiberus chentingensis latispira is 14.1–21 mm.[1] The height of the shell of Pseudiberus chentingensis latispira is 7.1–12.3 mm.[1]

Apical view.
Umbilical view.

References
  1. Wu M. & Qi G. (2006). "A taxonomic note on Pseudiberus Ancey, 1887 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Bradybaenidae)". Folia Malacologica 14(1): 25–30. doi:10.12657/folmal.014.003 PDF.
  2. Chen D. N. & Zhang G. Q. (2000). "A new species of the family Bradybaenidae from China (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Bradybaenidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 25: 275–276.

Further reading
  • Yen T. C. (1935). "The non-marine gastropods of North China. Part I." Publications du Musée Hoangho Paiho de Tien Tsin 34: 1–57.


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