Amphibulima rubescens
| Amphibulima rubescens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Amphibulimidae |
| Genus: | Amphibulima |
| Species: | A. rubescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphibulima rubescens (Deshayes, 1830) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Amphibulima rubescens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae.
Distribution
Amphibulima rubescens has been reported by various workers from Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Dominica and Martinique.[1] It is assumed now that this taxon is endemic to Martinique and all other reports are misidentifications.[1]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 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
- ↑ Brown A. D. (1881). "Notes on the land-shells of Dominica". American Naturalist 15: 56-57.
- ↑ 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. page 240, pl. 61, figs 26-27.
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