Liguus fasciatus
| Liguus fasciatus | |
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| Liguus fasciatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Orthalicidae |
| Subfamily: | Orthalicinae |
| Genus: | Liguus |
| Species: | L. fasciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Liguus fasciatus (Müller, 1774) | |
Liguus fasciatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a tree snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in Florida and Cuba.
Subspecies
The shells of subspecies of Liguus fasciatus (from Pilsbry, 1912[1]), left to right: Liguus fasciatus castaneozonatus, L. f. elliottensis, L. f. graphicus, L. f. lossmanicus, L. f. matecumbensis, L. f. septentrionalis, L. f. solidus, and L. f. testudineus.
References
- ↑ Pilsbry, H. A., 1912. A study of the variation and zoogeography of Liguus in Florida. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 15 (2nd ser.): 429-471.
Further reading
- Bennetts, R. E., D. Jansen, and S. A. Sparks. 2000. Factors influencing movement probabilities of Florida tree snails (Liguus fasciatus) in Big Cypress National Preserve following Hurricane Andrew. Malacologia 42:31-37.
- Bennetts, R. E., S. A. Sparks, and D. Jansen. 2000. Host-tree selection by Florida tree snails (Liguus faciatus) in Big Cypress National Preserve. Nautilus 114:112-116.