Drymaeus laticinctus

Drymaeus laticinctus
yellow form of Drymaeus laticinctus
banded form of Drymaeus laticinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bulimulidae
Subfamily: Peltellinae
Genus: Drymaeus
Subgenus: Mesembrinus
Species: D. laticinctus
Binomial name
Drymaeus laticinctus
(Guppy, 1868)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Bulimulus laticinctus Guppy, 1868
  • Bulimus (Leptomerus) multifasciatus Lamarck
  • Drymaeus virginalis var. dominicanus Pilsbry, 1899[3]

Drymaeus laticinctus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.

Apertural view of the shell of banded form of Drymaeus laticinctus. The height of the shell is 24.5 mm.

Distribution

Drymaeus laticinctus is endemic to Dominica.[2] This appears to be a relatively rare species, only observed in some isolated localities.[2]

Description

There are spirally banded and unicoloured forms. In collections the colour of the latter usually fades away and becomes white, as already observed by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1899).[2][3] His variety dominicanus of Drymaeus virginalis – a mainland taxon – appears a white specimen.[2] This species is part of the Drymaeus multifasciatus species complex, of which a revision is pending (Breure, in preparation).[2]

Ecology

Live animals were collected among fallen leaves and detritus on the ground.[2]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]

  1. ↑ Guppy R. J. L. (1868). "On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)1: 429-442. page 431.
  2. 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
  3. 1 2 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 12, pl. 12, fig. 24; page 16, plate 13, fig. 94.
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