Pagodulina pagodula (Des Moulins 1830)

Pagodulina pagodula is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Pagodulinidae, and the superfamily Pupilloidea. ^[2]

Pagodulina pagodula is the type species of the genus Pagodulina.

Subspecies

• Pagodulina pagodula altilis Klemm, 1939
• Pagodulina pagodula pagodula (Des Moulins, 1830)
• Pagodulina pagodula principalis Klemm, 1939

The genus and the species name both mean little pagoda, a reference to the shape of the shell.

Synonyms

• Pagodulina pagodula sparsa Pilsbry, 1924: synonym of Pagodulina sparsa Pilsbry, 1924 (basionym)
• Pagodulina pagodula var. subdola Gredler, 1856: synonym of Pagodulina subdola (Gredler, 1856) (original combination and rank)

Shell description

The shells of this snail species are minute, about 3 mm in height, barrel-shaped or skep-shaped, with a flared and somewhat ear-shaped aperture.

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Alpine.^[3] It occurs in the following countries:

• Poland – critically endangered in southern Poland ^[4]
• Slovakia

References

• Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates.
• Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.
• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017