Tamayoa decolorata

Tamayoa decolorata
A live individual of Tamayoa decolorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Rhytidoidea
Family:	Scolodontidae
Subfamily:	Tamayoinae
Genus:	Tamayoa[1][2][3]
Species:	T. decolorata
Binomial name
Tamayoa decolorata (Drouët, 1859)

Tamayoa decolorata is a species of air-breathing land snail,a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Scolodontidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Tamayoa decolorata includes:

• Jamaica^[3]
• Guadeloupe^[3]
• Dominica^[3] This species is probably an introduced one in Dominica, as it was found only in disturbed habitats.^[3]
• Martinique^[4]
• Barbados^[3]
• Saint Vincent^[3]
• Tobago^[3]
• Trinidad^[3]
• French Guiana^[3]
• Brazil^[3]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference ^[3]

1. Tillier S. (1980). "Gastéropodes terrestres et fluviatiles de Guyane Française". Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série A, Zoologie 118: 1-189, figs 1-124, pls 1-6.
2. Schileyko A. A. (2000). "Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. Part 6. Rhytidae, Chlamydephoridae, Systrophiidae, Haplotrematidae, Streptaxidae, Spiraxidae, Oleacinidae, Testacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2: 731-880, figs 950-1154. page 759.
3. 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
4. (1 January 2009). "2008 Collecting Trip in Martinique". accessed 3 January 2011.

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