# Caucasotachea

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Genus of gastropods

Caucasotachea Caucasotachea atrolabiata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Stylommatophora Family: Helicidae Tribe: Helicini Genus: Caucasotachea C. R. Boettger, 1909 Type species Helix atrolabiata Krynicki, 1833[1] Synonyms[1] Austrotachea Pfeffer, 1930 Cepaea (Octadenia) Schileyko, 1978

***Caucasotachea*** is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing [land snails](/source/Land_snail), [terrestrial](/source/Terrestrial_molluscs) [pulmonate](/source/Pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [molluscs](/source/Mollusc) in the family [Helicidae](/source/Helicidae).[2]

## Species

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

- *[Caucasotachea atrolabiata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caucasotachea_atrolabiata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Krynicki, 1833)

- *[Caucasotachea leucoranea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caucasotachea_leucoranea&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Mousson](/source/Albert_Mousson), 1863)

- *[Caucasotachea vindobonensis](/source/Caucasotachea_vindobonensis)* ([C. Pfeiffer](/source/Carl_Jonas_Pfeiffer), 1828)

Several fossil taxa are placed to *Caucasotachea*:

- † *[Caucasotachea andrussovi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caucasotachea_andrussovi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Steklov, 1966

- † *[Caucasotachea beringi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caucasotachea_beringi&action=edit&redlink=1)* Schütt, 1985

- † *[Caucasotachea candirensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caucasotachea_candirensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Schütt, 1985

- † *[Caucasotachea kubanica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caucasotachea_kubanica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Steklov, 1966

- † *[Caucasotachea phrygomysica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caucasotachea_phrygomysica&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Oppenheim, 1919)

## Genetics

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

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-1) ["Caucasotachea C. R. Boettger, 1909"](https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996428). *MolluscaBase*. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Neubert_2-0)** Eike Neubert & Ruud Bank (2006). "Notes on the species of *Caucasotachea* C. Boettger 1909 and *Lindholmia* P. Hesse 1919, with annotations to the Helicidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae)". *Archiv für Molluskenkunde*. **135** (1): 101–132. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1127/arch.moll/0003-9284/135/101-132](https://doi.org/10.1127%2Farch.moll%2F0003-9284%2F135%2F101-132).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Neiber, Marco T.; Sagorny, Christina; Sauer, Jan; Walther, Frank; Hausdorf, Bernhard (2016). ["Phylogeographic analyses reveal Transpontic long distance dispersal in land snails belonging to the Caucasotachea atrolabiata complex (Gastropoda: Helicidae)"](https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1055790316301737). *[Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution](/source/Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution)*. **103**: 172–183. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.017](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2016.07.017). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [27450782](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27450782).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Korábek, Ondřej; Juřičková, Lucie; Petrusek, Adam (2021-12-31). ["Diversity of Land Snail Tribe Helicini (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae): Where Do We Stand after 20 Years of Sequencing Mitochondrial Markers?"](https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fd14010024). *Diversity*. **14** (1): 24. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3390/d14010024](https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fd14010024). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1424-2818](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1424-2818).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Gill, J. J. B.; Cain, A. J. (1986). ["The chromosomes of Cepaea vindobonensis (Pulmonata: Helicidae) and the relationship between this species and the rest of the genus"](https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1986.tb01760.x). *[Biological Journal of the Linnean Society](/source/Biological_Journal_of_the_Linnean_Society)*. **28** (3): 315–320. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/j.1095-8312.1986.tb01760.x](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1095-8312.1986.tb01760.x).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-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"](http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/6224/1/XXV%20-%20bakhtadze.pdf) (PDF). *Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Ilia State University, Tbilisi)*. **25**: 23–27.

Taxon identifiers Caucasotachea Wikidata: Q100023922 Wikispecies: Caucasotachea BOLD: 795273 CoL: 7NWJQ GBIF: 4598539 iNaturalist: 713908 IRMNG: 1046173 NCBI: 981176 Open Tree of Life: 1035556 WoRMS: 996428

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