Pontophaedusa funiculum
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| Pontophaedusa funiculum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Clausiliidae |
| Genus: | Pontophaedusa |
| Species: | P. funiculum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pontophaedusa funiculum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Clausilia funiculum Mousson, 1856 | |
Pontophaedusa funiculum is a species of land snail, a gastropod in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails within the subfamily Serrulininae.[2] All door snails have a clausilium with which they can close the shell aperture.
This is the only known species within the Clausiliidae that lays eggs that have hard shells made of calcium carbonate.[3]
