Allopeas gracile
| Allopeas gracile | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Subulinidae |
| Subfamily: | Subulininae |
| Genus: | Allopeas |
| Species: | A. gracile |
| Binomial name | |
| Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834) | |
Allopeas gracile, common name the graceful awlsnail,[1] is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.
Distribution
Allopeas gracile occurs throughout the (sub)tropics worldwide.[2]
- West Indies[2]
- southern Mexico[2]
- Central and South America[2]
- Dominica - introduced.[2] First reported in 2009.[2]
- Tanzania[3]
It is also found living in greenhouses in other areas, as a "hothouse exotic".
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[2]
- ↑ "Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)". ITIS, accessed 10 October 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 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
- ↑ Rowson B., Warren B. H. & Ngereza C. F. (2010). "Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island". ZooKeys 70: 1-39. doi:10.3897/zookeys.70.762.