Antidrymaeus laticinctus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
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| yellow form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
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| banded form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bulimulidae |
| Genus: | Antidrymaeus |
| Species: | A. laticinctus
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| Antidrymaeus laticinctus | |
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Distribution
editAntidrymaeus laticinctus is endemic to Dominica.[4] This appears to be a relatively rare species, only observed in some isolated localities.[4]
Description
editThere 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).[4][2] His variety dominicanus of Drymaeus virginalis – a mainland taxon – appears a white specimen.[4] This species is part of the Antidrymaeus multifasciatus species complex, of which a revision is pending (Breure, in preparation).[4]
Ecology
editLive animals were collected among fallen leaves and detritus on the ground.[4]
References
editThis article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [4]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Silva, Fernanda S.; Cavallari, Daniel C.; Köhler, Frank; Slapcinsky, John; Breure, Abraham S. H. (2023-07-26). "Molecular phylogeny of the Orthalicoidea land snails: Further support and surprises". PLOS ONE. 18 (7): e0288533. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1888533S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0288533. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10370776. PMID 37494326.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine