Biology:Praticolella griseola

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Praticolella griseola
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Praticolella griseola shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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(unranked):
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Subfamily:
Polygyrinae
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Species:
P. griseola
Binomial name
Praticolella griseola
(Pfeiffer, 1841)

Praticolella griseola is a species of land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Praticolella griseola includes Cuba[1] and Costa Rica.[2]

The non-indigenous distribution of Praticolella griseola includes Martinique.[3]

Ecology

Praticolella griseola is a tree dwelling species.[4]

Predators of Praticolella griseola include larvae of the firefly Alecton discoidalis.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Mollusca" . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  2. Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica.". Revista Biología Tropical 51: 293–304. https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/26388/26575. 
  3. (1 January 2009). "2008 Collecting Trip in Martinique" . accessed 3 January 2011.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/149879.

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