Leiostracus demerarensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Simpulopsidae |
| Genus: | Leiostracus |
| Species: | L. demerarensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
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| Synonyms | |
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Leiostracus ruthveni H.B. Baker, 1926
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Distribution
editThis species is endemic to South America and is so far known to occur in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1431199 on 2020-05-04
- ^ Breure, A.S.H. (1978). "Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 164: 1–255.
- ^ Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; De Luca, Andre C.; Cavallari, Daniel Caracanhas; Cunha, Carlo Magenta (30 April 2020). "First record of Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) from Brazil (Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea), with a taxonomic reassessment". Check List. 16 (2): 507–512. doi:10.15560/16.2.507.
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