Cytological Study of Euphaedusa fusaniana (Stylommataphora: Clausiliidae) of Korea
Gab-Man Park
Department of Parasitology, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Gangneung 210-701, Korea
The chromosome numbers and karyotype of Euphaedusa fusaniana, a kind of Korean land snail are investigated here. From E. fusaniana, chromosome numbers of 28 (n) and 56 (2n) were counted. Euphaedusa fusaniana has 15 pairs of metacentric chromosomes and 13 pairs of submetacentric chromosomes. The mean total length of all chromosomes was 128.7 ± 9.93 μm. The maximum length of chromosomes No. 1 was 9.6 ± 0.21 μm.
