Perrottetia heudei

Perrottetia heudei is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.

Perrottetia heudei
Perrottetia heudei shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Streptaxoidea
Family:
Streptaxidae
Subfamily:
Streptaxinae
Genus:
Perrottetia
Species:
P. heudei
Binomial name
Perrottetia heudei
(Schmacker & Böttger, 1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Odontartemon heudei (Schmacker et Boettger, 1891)[2]
  • Odontartemon (Perrottetia) heudei Schmacker et Boettger[3]
  • Oophana heudei (Schmacker et Boettger, 1891)[4]
  • Streptaxis heudei (original combination)[5]

Distribution

This species is mainly distributed in Taiwan.[1] Endemic to Northern Taibu Mountain in Pingtung County of Taiwan,[6][7] the snail is also seen in other areas of Southern Taiwan,[4][8][9][5] as well as Nishiyama in Japan.[10]

References
  1. "International shell base: Oophana heudei" (in Chinese). Taiwan shell base. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  2. Tsai, K. C. (2001). 自然觀察圖鑑3 蝸牛 (in Chinese). 親親文化事業有限公司.
  3. Taketani, Mitsuo (1936). A Collection of Land Mollusca from Taiwan (Formosa). Transactions of the National History Society of Formosa). 26. pp. 271–278.
  4. Chen, W. D.; Lee, Y. J.; Tsai, K. C. (2001). 雙流、墾丁地區陸貝資源及鄉土教學資源調查研究 (in Chinese). 屏東縣屏東市歸來國民小學.
  5. Chang, H. W. (1996). The Animals in Shao-San (in Chinese). 高雄復文圖書出版社.
  6. "STREPTAXIDAE » Perrottetia heudei , ID:822087". Shell Encyclopedia , Conchology, Inc. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  7. Chang, Kuan-Min; Tada, Akira; Hwang, Chung-Chi; Lee, Yen-Chen (2007). "Land Mollusks of Northern Taibu Mountain Prefecture, Southern Taiwan". Bulletin of Malacology (Taiwan) (in Chinese). The Malacological Society of Taiwan. 31: 1–14. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  8. "Perrottetia". Landsnails of Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  9. "Perrottetia heudei (Schmacker & Böttger, 1891)". Landsnails of Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  10. 大原健司; 大谷洋子 (2002). 西宮市貝類館研究報告 第1號 (in Japanese). 西宮市貝類館. pp. 139 pp. Retrieved 2017-03-23.


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