Fukuia ooyagii

Fukuia ooyagii is a species of freshwater snail which has an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[1]

Fukuia ooyagii
A live individual of Fukuia ooyagii viewed from the anterior end
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Pomatiopsidae
Subfamily:
Pomatiopsinae
Genus:
Fukuia
Species:
F. ooyagii
Binomial name
Fukuia ooyagii
Minato, 1982
Synonyms

Fukuia kurodai ooyagii Minato, 1982

Taxonomy

According to the molecular analyses of 18S ribosomal RNA, 28S ribosomal RNA, 16S ribosomal RNA, and cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes by Kameda & Kato (2011)[1] Fukuia ooyagii should be separated from Fukuia, and its generic assignment should be determined coupled with the investigation of its soft-part morphology.[1] The most closely related genus is Blanfordia.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the northern part of Honshu, Japan.[1]

A live Fukuia ooyagii clinging to a wet rocky wall

Ecology

This species is freshwater snail living in mountain streamlets.[1]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference[1]

  1. Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.
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