Omalonyx matheroni
| Omalonyx matheroni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Succineoidea |
| Family: | Succineidae |
| Genus: | Omalonyx |
| Species: | O. matheroni |
| Binomial name | |
| Omalonyx matheroni (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Succinea (Omalonyx) guadaloupensis Lesson | |
Omalonyx matheroni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
Distribution
The distribution of Omalonyx matheroni includes:
The Lesser Antilles, West Indies:[1]
- Dominica - introduced.[1] There are slight differences in mantle pattern (often a diagnostic feature in some succineids) compared to typical Omalonyx matheroni.[1] Further work is needed to establish the taxonomic position of the material from Dominica.[1]
- Trinidad[1]
and
- South America[1]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[1]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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
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