- Drymaeus laticinctus
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Drymaeus laticinctus 
yellow form of Drymaeus laticinctus 
banded form of Drymaeus laticinctus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group SigmurethraSuperfamily: Orthalicoidea Family: Orthalicidae Subfamily: Bulimulinae Genus: Drymaeus Subgenus: Mesembrinus Species: D. laticinctus Binomial name Drymaeus laticinctus
(Guppy, 1868)[1]Synonyms[3] - Bulimulus laticinctus Guppy, 1868
- Bulimus (Leptomerus) multifasciatus Lamarck
- Drymaeus virginalis var. dominicanus Pilsbry, 1899[2]
Drymaeus laticinctus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.
Apertural view of the shell of banded form of Drymaeus laticinctus. The height of the shell is 24.5 mm.
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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).[2][3] 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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
- Drymaeus laticinctus at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
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