Farcimen tortum

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Farcimen tortum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Megalomastomatidae
Genus:
Farcimen
Species:
F. tortum
Binomial name
Farcimen tortum
(Wood, 1828)

Farcimen tortum is a species of a land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Megalomastomatidae.[1]

Distribution[]

This species is found in Cuba.[1]

Ecology[]

Farcimen tortum is a ground dwelling species.[2]

Predators of Farcimen tortum include larvae of firefly bug Alecton discoidalis.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mollusca" Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b 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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