Drymaeus laticinctus

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Drymaeus laticinctus
Drymaeus laticinctus.png
yellow form of Drymaeus laticinctus
Drymaeus laticinctus 2.png
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 Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Bulimulidae
Subfamily:
Peltellinae
Genus:
Drymaeus
Subgenus:
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 Bulimulidae.

Apertural view of the shell of banded form of Drymaeus laticinctus. The height of the shell is 24.5 mm.

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]

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine

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