Caucasotachea

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Caucasotachea
Caucasotachea vindobonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Tribe: Helicini
Genus: Caucasotachea
C. R. Boettger, 1909
Type species
Helix atrolabiata
Synonyms[1]
  • Austrotachea Pfeffer, 1930
  • Cepaea (Octadenia) Schileyko, 1978

Caucasotachea is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing

molluscs in the family Helicidae.[2]

Species

The following extant species are currently classified in the genus:[3][4]

Several fossil taxa are placed to Caucasotachea:

Genetics

The haploid number of chromosomes is 25 (C. vindobonensis)[5] or 26 (C. atrolabiata).[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Caucasotachea C. R. Boettger, 1909". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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  6. ^ Bakhtadze, N. G.; Chakvetadze, N. L.; Mumladze, L. J.; Bakhtadze, G. I.; Tskhadaia, E. A. (2016). "Karyological Data of Terrestrial Mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of Georgia" (PDF). Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Ilia State University, Tbilisi). 25: 23–27.