Chondrina is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.

Chondrina
Shells of Chondrina avenacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Chondrinidae
Genus: Chondrina
Reichenbach, 1828[1]
Synonyms
  • Alloglossa Lindström, 1868
  • Chondrina (Chondrina) Reichenbach, 1828 (no subgenera are recognized)
  • Modicella H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
  • Pupa (Modicella) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855

All species of Chondrina are restricted to the West Palaearctic. Centers of species diversity are found on the Iberian Peninsula, in northern Italy and in the Balkans. The species are restricted to calcareous rocks, and occur only on vertical, exposed rock faces.

Species

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There are more than 40[2] extant species in the genus Chondrina, with four new species described in 2010.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Reichenbach H. G. L. (1828). Zoologie oder Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs nach eigenen Ansichten bearbeitet. Theil 1. Allgemeine Taschenbibliothek der Naturwissenschaften Theil V. Zoologie. Dresden.
  2. ^ Kokshoorn B., Schoor M. van, Erkelens I. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Waves of dispersal in island-hopping Chondrina species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Chondrinidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2010.02.001. PDF[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c d e Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zootaxa 2539: 1-62. 22 plates. preview.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Species in genus Chondrina [n=27]. AnimalBase. accessed 1 August 2010.