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

Perrottetia heudei
Perrottetia heudei shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Perrottetia
Species:
P. heudei
Binomial name
Perrottetia heudei
Synonyms[5]
  • Odontartemon heudei (Schmacker et Boettger, 1891)[1]
  • Odontartemon (Perrottetia) heudei Schmacker et Boettger[2]
  • Oophana heudei (Schmacker et Boettger, 1891)[3]
  • Streptaxis heudei (original combination)[4]

Distribution

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This species is mainly distributed in Taiwan.[5] Endemic to Northern Taibu Mountain in Pingtung County of Taiwan,[6][7] the snail is also seen in other areas of Southern Taiwan,[3][8][9][4] as well as Nishiyama in Japan.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Tsai, K. C. (2001). 自然觀察圖鑑3 蝸牛 (in Traditional Chinese). 親親文化事業有限公司.
  2. ^ Taketani, Mitsuo (1936). "A Collection of Land Mollusca from Taiwan (Formosa)". Transactions of the National History Society of Formosa). 26 (154): 271–278.
  3. ^ a b 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 Traditional Chinese). 屏東縣屏東市歸來國民小學.
  4. ^ a b Chang, H. W. (1996). The Animals in Shao-San (in Traditional Chinese). 高雄復文圖書出版社.
  5. ^ a b "International shell base: Oophana heudei" (in Traditional Chinese). Taiwan shell base. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  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 Traditional Chinese). 31. The Malacological Society of Taiwan: 1–14. Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  8. ^ "Perrottetia". Landsnails of Taiwan (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2017-03-23.
  9. ^ "Perrottetia heudei (Schmacker & Böttger, 1891)". Landsnails of Taiwan (in Traditional 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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