Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
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yellow form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
banded form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Genus: | Antidrymaeus |
Species: | A. laticinctus
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Binomial name | |
Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
Synonyms [4] | |
Antidrymaeus laticinctus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
Antidrymaeus laticinctus is endemic to Dominica. [4] This appears to be a relatively rare species, only observed in some isolated localities. [4]
There are spirally banded and unicoloured forms. In collections the colour of the latter usually fades away and becomes white, as already observed by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1899). [4] [2] His variety dominicanus of Drymaeus virginalis – a mainland taxon – appears a white specimen. [4] This species is part of the Antidrymaeus multifasciatus species complex, of which a revision is pending (Breure, in preparation). [4]
Live animals were collected among fallen leaves and detritus on the ground. [4]
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [4]
Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
---|---|
yellow form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
banded form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Genus: | Antidrymaeus |
Species: | A. laticinctus
|
Binomial name | |
Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
Synonyms [4] | |
Antidrymaeus laticinctus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
Antidrymaeus laticinctus is endemic to Dominica. [4] This appears to be a relatively rare species, only observed in some isolated localities. [4]
There are spirally banded and unicoloured forms. In collections the colour of the latter usually fades away and becomes white, as already observed by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1899). [4] [2] His variety dominicanus of Drymaeus virginalis – a mainland taxon – appears a white specimen. [4] This species is part of the Antidrymaeus multifasciatus species complex, of which a revision is pending (Breure, in preparation). [4]
Live animals were collected among fallen leaves and detritus on the ground. [4]
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [4]