Caucasotachea vindobonensis

Caucasotachea vindobonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Caucasotachea
Species:
C. vindobonensis
Binomial name
Caucasotachea vindobonensis

Caucasotachea vindobonensis is a large species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae.

Caucasotachea vindobonensis photographed in Mödling, near Vienna

The scientific name is derived from the Celtic settlement Vindobona, now known as Vienna, the capital of Austria. This species was formerly assigned to the genus Cepaea. However, DNA sequences revealed that this species is not closely related to Cepaea, but belongs instead to the genus Caucasotachea.[3][4][5]

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  2. ^ Pfeiffer C (1828). Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Vol. Third. Weimar: Landes-Industrie-Comptoir. pp. I–VI [= 1–6], 1–84, Taf. I–VIII [= 1–8].
  3. ^ Neiber, M.T.; Hausdorf, B. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny reveals the polyphyly of the snail genus Cepaea (Gastropoda: Helicidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 143–149. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.022. PMID 26256642.
  4. ^ Neiber, M.T.; Sagorny, C.; Hausdorf, B. (2016). "Increasing the number of molecular markers resolves the phylogenetic relationship of "Cepaea" vindobonensis (Pfeiffer 1828) with Caucasotachea Boettger 1909 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 54 (1): 40–45. doi:10.1111/jzs.12116.
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