Omalonyx matheroni

Omalonyx matheroni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Elasmognatha
Superfamily:	Succineoidea
Family:	Succineidae
Genus:	Omalonyx
Species:	O. matheroni
Binomial name
Omalonyx matheroni (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
Succinea (Omalonyx) guadaloupensis Lesson

Omalonyx matheroni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

Distribution

The distribution of Omalonyx matheroni includes:

The Lesser Antilles, West Indies:^[1]

• Dominica - introduced.^[1] There are slight differences in mantle pattern (often a diagnostic feature in some succineids) compared to typical Omalonyx matheroni.^[1] Further work is needed to establish the taxonomic position of the material from Dominica.^[1]
• Trinidad^[1]

and

• South America^[1]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference ^[1].

1. ^ ^{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