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Omalonyx matheronii

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Omalonyx matheronii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

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Omalonyx matheronii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Succineidae
Genus: Omalonyx
Species:
O. matheronii
Binomial name
Omalonyx matheronii
(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
Synonyms[1]

Succinea (Omalonyx) guadaloupensis Lesson

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Distribution

The distribution of Omalonyx matheronii includes the Lesser Antilles, West Indies in Dominica (where it is introduced - there are slight differences in mantle pattern, often a diagnostic feature in some succineids, compared to typical Omalonyx matheroni),Trinidad and South America.[1]

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