Helicina fasciata

Helicina fasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha

clade Cycloneritimorpha

Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Helicina
Species: H. fasciata
Binomial name
Helicina fasciata
(Lamarck, 1822)

Helicina fasciata is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

Distribution

This species is lives in Lesser Antilles.[1]

Although this taxon was not collected during of the surveys in Dominica in 2000s, it is considered as a part of land snail fauna of Dominica.[1] Thirteen specimens that were part of the collection by Benjamin Sharp definitely belong to this taxon.[1] These specimens also lend credence to the record by A. D. Brown (1881).[2] As the species appears to be widespread in the Lesser Antilles as a result of human activities, it is quite possible that Helicina fasciata once had a population on the Dominica island; this may still be the case.[1]

References

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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
  2. Brown A. D. (1881). "Notes on the land-shells of Dominica". American Naturalist 15: 56-57.
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