Biology:Drymaeus laticinctus
| Drymaeus laticinctus | |
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| yellow form of Drymaeus laticinctus | |
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| banded form of Drymaeus laticinctus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bulimulidae |
| Genus: | Drymaeus |
| Species: | D. laticinctus
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| Binomial name | |
| Drymaeus laticinctus (Guppy, 1868)[1]
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Drymaeus laticinctus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
Distribution
Drymaeus laticinctus is endemic to Dominica.[3] This appears to be a relatively rare species, only observed in some isolated localities.[3]
Description
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).[3][2] His variety dominicanus of Drymaeus virginalis – a mainland taxon – appears a white specimen.[3] This species is part of the Drymaeus multifasciatus species complex, of which a revision is pending (Breure, in preparation).[3]
Ecology
Live animals were collected among fallen leaves and detritus on the ground.[3]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [3]
- ↑ Guppy R. J. L. (1868). "On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)1: 429-442. page 431.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pilsbry H. A. (1899). American Bulimulidae: North American and Antillean Drymaeus, Leiostracus, Orthalicinae and Amphibuliminae. Manual of Conchology (2)12: i-iii, 1-258, pls 1-64. page 12, pl. 12, fig. 24; page 16, plate 13, fig. 94.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5309718 entry
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