Leptinaria unilamellata
| Leptinaria unilamellata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Subulinidae |
| Genus: | Leptinaria |
| Species: | L. unilamellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptinaria unilamellata (d’Orbigny, 1837) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Tornatellina (Leptinaria) lamellata Potiez & Michaud | |
Leptinaria unilamellata is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.
Distribution
Leptinaria unilamellata is a widespread species throughout the Caribbean Basin.[1]
The distribution of Leptinaria unilamellata includes:
- West Indies[1]
- Dominica - introduced[1]
- Guadeloupe - introduced[1]
- Martinique - introduced[1]
- other in Lesser Antilles - introduced[1]
- Central America[1]
- Venezuela[1]
- Peru[1]
Ecology
It is generally found in damp leaf litter and under rotten logs in Dominica.[1]
It is ovoviviparous species.[2]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[1]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 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
- ↑ Carvalho C. De M., Da Silva J. P., Mendonça C. L. F.; Bessa E. C. De A. & D'ávila S. (2009). "Life history strategy of Leptinaria unilamellata (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Subulinidae)". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 53(4): 211-222. doi:10.1080/07924259.2009.9652307.
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