BIOGEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF LAND SNAILS OF CLAUSILIIDAE GRAY FAMILY, 1855 CAUCASUS
https://doi.org/10.18470/1992-1098-2015-1-59-66
Abstract
Aim. Use in scientific research of biogeographic maps for assessment of biological diversity of individual groups and territories today is a very important technique that is widely used by many researchers. The object of this study was elected phyletic compact group of land snails, characterized by stringent strictly confined to a particular environment and a poor ability to overcome geographical barriers, which makes it very convenient model when conducting ecological and zoogeographical studies.
Methods. In work was used the method of blending the modern habitats of the terrestrial mollusk fauna on paleokarst Caucasian Islands Paleogene-Oligocene period. The family Clausiliidae Gray, 1855 was chosen for analysis , as occupying a leading position in species composition relative to other families of mollusks in the Caucasus.
Results. The analysis of the propagation of biological diversity of land snails Caucasian family Clausiliidae using the method of «overlay areas», showed a high percentage of the study group attachment to the Caucasus paleo islands - 79% or 50 species from 20 genius are placed within them, while 8 species from 6 genius paleo island found near the borders, and 5 species belonging to 4 genius, marked a considerable distance.
Main conclusions. The results demonstrate the ability to use the group of land snails as a model for the study of correlations and paleogeographic reconstruction of the events of the Caucasus Isthmus
Supporting agencies: The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
About the Author
Madina Zayirbegovna Magomedova
Dagestan State University;
Dagestan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Biological Science, Assistant professor of the Department Ecology, ул. М.Гаджиева 45, г. Махачкала, 367001 Россия;
Junior research worker of the Laboratory of Animal Ecology Pre-Сaspian Institute of Biological Resources, , 21 Dakhadaeva Street, Dagestan, Makhachkala, 367001 Russia
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Magomedova M.Z. BIOGEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF LAND SNAILS OF CLAUSILIIDAE GRAY FAMILY, 1855 CAUCASUS. South of Russia: ecology, development. 2015;10(1):59-66. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18470/1992-1098-2015-1-59-66
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