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Antidrymaeus laticinctus

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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.

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

Antidrymaeus laticinctus is endemic to Dominica.[2] This appears to be a relatively rare species, only observed in some isolated localities.[2]

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).[2][3] His variety dominicanus of Drymaeus virginalis – a mainland taxon – appears a white specimen.[2] This species is part of the Antidrymaeus multifasciatus species complex, of which a revision is pending (Breure, in preparation).[2]

Ecology

Live animals were collected among fallen leaves and detritus on the ground.[2]

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