Pagodulina pagodula
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| Pagodulina pagodula | |
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| Pagodulina pagodula pagodula shell (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Pagodulinidae |
| Genus: | Pagodulina |
| Species: | P. pagodula |
| Binomial name | |
| Pagodulina pagodula (Des Moulins, 1830)[1] | |
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)
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.