Tamayoa decolorata
| Tamayoa decolorata | |
|---|---|
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| A live individual of Tamayoa decolorata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
| Family: | Scolodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Tamayoinae |
| Genus: | Tamayoa[1][2][3] |
| Species: | T. decolorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tamayoa decolorata (Drouët, 1859) | |
Tamayoa decolorata is a species of air-breathing land snail,a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Scolodontidae.
Distribution
The distribution of Tamayoa decolorata includes:
- Jamaica[3]
- Guadeloupe[3]
- Dominica[3] This species is probably an introduced one in Dominica, as it was found only in disturbed habitats.[3]
- Martinique[4]
- Barbados[3]
- Saint Vincent[3]
- Tobago[3]
- Trinidad[3]
- French Guiana[3]
- Brazil[3]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [3]
- ↑ Tillier S. (1980). "Gastéropodes terrestres et fluviatiles de Guyane Française". Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série A, Zoologie 118: 1-189, figs 1-124, pls 1-6.
- ↑ Schileyko A. A. (2000). "Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. Part 6. Rhytidae, Chlamydephoridae, Systrophiidae, Haplotrematidae, Streptaxidae, Spiraxidae, Oleacinidae, Testacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2: 731-880, figs 950-1154. page 759.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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
- ↑ (1 January 2009). "2008 Collecting Trip in Martinique". accessed 3 January 2011.
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