Euhadra
Euhadra quaesita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Euhadrini
Genus: Euhadra
Pilsbry, 1890[1]
Synonyms
  • Eulota (Euhadra) Pilsbry, 1890
  • Helix (Euhadra) Pilsbry, 1890

Euhadra is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bradybaeninae of the family Camaenidae.[2]

(This snail genus was previously placed in the family Eulotidae).

A few of the species in this genus are unusual in that specimens in those species always have left-handed "sinistral" coiling in their shells, as shown in the specimen on the right. The rest of the species in the genus are right-handed or "dextral" in the shell coiling, as is usually the case in the great majority of gastropods.

Distribution

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These snails are almost endemic to Japan, but one of them are distributed in Korea.

Species

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Most species in this genus have a dextral shell and 5 species are sinistral.[3]

Dextral species

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Dextral species in the genus Euhadra include:

Sinistral species

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Euhadra murayamai

Sinistral species in the genus Euhadra include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1890) In: Tryon & Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology (2)6: 94-95.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Euhadra Pilsbry, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995784 on 2021-02-08
  3. ^ Davison A, Chiba S, Barton NH, Clarke B (2005). "Speciation and Gene Flow between Snails of Opposite Chirality". PLOS Biology. 3 (9, e282): e282. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030282. PMC 1182688. PMID 16149849. Open access icon

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