Amphibulima pardalina

Amphibulima pardalina
a darker form of Amphibulima pardalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Orthalicidae
Subfamily: Amphibuliminae
Genus: Amphibulima
Species: A. pardalina
Binomial name
Amphibulima pardalina
Guppy, 1868[1]

Amphibulima pardalina is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Amphibuliminae.

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Distribution

Amphibulima pardalina is endemic to Dominica.[2] The type locality is Mount Kuliabon and Morne Diablotin, Dominica.[1]

Amphibulima pardalina is very restricted in range[2] and probably meet the IUCN-criteria of Critically Endangered species.[2] This species is restricted to higher localities.[2]

Description

This rare species, considered by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1899)[3] to be distinct on account of its coarse sculpture, can be found both as a light and a dark colour form.[2]

Ecology

It was found in very damp and cool habitats in cloud forest at higher altitudes.[2]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]

  1. ^ a b Guppy R. J. L. (1868). "On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)1: 429-442. page 432.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g 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
  3. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1899). American Bulimulidae: North American and Antillean Drymaeus, Leiostracus, Orthalicinae and Amphibuliminae. Manual of Conchology (2)12: i-iii, 1-258, pls 1-64.