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A live individual of Fukuia multistriata | |
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Genus: | Fukuia Abbott & Hunter, 1949
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3 species and "Fukuia" ooyagii |
Fukuia is a genus of amphibious freshwater snails and land snails with an operculum, gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.
The genus Fukuia is endemic to Honshu, Japan. [2] These snails occur especially in the northern and western part of Japan, on the coast of the Sea of Japan. [2] There is a unique climate in the Sea of Japan with high precipitation due to winter snowfall in the area of distribution of Fukuia. [2] These snails have been described as a " Japan Sea element". [2]
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Species within the genus Fukuia include:
The speciation of genus Fukuia likely started around 7.2 million years ago in the Late Miocene. [2]
Unassigned to genus:
Fukuia kurodai and Fukuia multistriata live amphibiously around rocky walls of steep valleys covered with ferns and bryophytes, and moistened by dripping water. [2] They live only along the mountain streamlets where such habitats are typically found, and often occur with pleurocerid freshwater snails. [2]
Fukuia integra lives as a terrestrial snail in inland forests. [2]
This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference [2]
Fukuia | |
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A live individual of Fukuia multistriata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Fukuia Abbott & Hunter, 1949
[1]
|
Diversity [2] | |
3 species and "Fukuia" ooyagii |
Fukuia is a genus of amphibious freshwater snails and land snails with an operculum, gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.
The genus Fukuia is endemic to Honshu, Japan. [2] These snails occur especially in the northern and western part of Japan, on the coast of the Sea of Japan. [2] There is a unique climate in the Sea of Japan with high precipitation due to winter snowfall in the area of distribution of Fukuia. [2] These snails have been described as a " Japan Sea element". [2]
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Species within the genus Fukuia include:
The speciation of genus Fukuia likely started around 7.2 million years ago in the Late Miocene. [2]
Unassigned to genus:
Fukuia kurodai and Fukuia multistriata live amphibiously around rocky walls of steep valleys covered with ferns and bryophytes, and moistened by dripping water. [2] They live only along the mountain streamlets where such habitats are typically found, and often occur with pleurocerid freshwater snails. [2]
Fukuia integra lives as a terrestrial snail in inland forests. [2]
This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference [2]