Antidrymaeus laticinctus

Antidrymaeus laticinctus
yellow form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus
banded form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Antidrymaeus
Species:
A. laticinctus
Binomial name
Antidrymaeus laticinctus
(Guppy, 1868)[1]
Synonyms[4]
  • Bulimulus laticinctus Guppy, 1868
  • Bulimus (Leptomerus) multifasciatus Lamarck
  • Drymaeus virginalis var. dominicanus Pilsbry, 1899[2]
  • Drymaeus laticinctus[3]

Antidrymaeus 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 Antidrymaeus laticinctus. The height of the shell is 24.5 mm.

Distribution

Antidrymaeus laticinctus is endemic to Dominica.[4] This appears to be a relatively rare species, only observed in some isolated localities.[4]

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).[4][2] His variety dominicanus of Drymaeus virginalis – a mainland taxon – appears a white specimen.[4] This species is part of the Antidrymaeus multifasciatus species complex, of which a revision is pending (Breure, in preparation).[4]

Ecology

Live animals were collected among fallen leaves and detritus on the ground.[4]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [4]

  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. ^ Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Silva, Fernanda S.; Cavallari, Daniel C.; Köhler, Frank; Slapcinsky, John; Breure, Abraham S. H. (2023-07-26). "Molecular phylogeny of the Orthalicoidea land snails: Further support and surprises". PLOS ONE. 18 (7): e0288533. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1888533S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0288533. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10370776. PMID 37494326.
  4. ^ 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