Zophos baudoni is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae.
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| Zophos cf. baudoni from Dominica. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Zophos baudoni (Petit, 1853)
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Hyalina baudoni | |
Distribution
edit- Guadeloupe[1] - Zophos baudoni was described by Petit de la Saussaye from Guadeloupe.[1]
- Dominica[1] - Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1868)[2] expressed some doubts whether the Dominican specimens belonged to species Zophos baudoni.[1] Ramnath & Fields (2002)[3] were of the same opinion, considering it possibly new to science.[1]
Ecology
editZophos baudoni lives on the rainforest floor.[1]
It is carnivorous and it feeds on earthworms and immature Pleurodonte specimens.[1]
References
editThis article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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
- ^ 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 430.
- ^ Ramnath N. & Fields A. (2002). "A survey of the land snails of four islands in the Lesser Antilles: Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada". Abstracts Annual Meeting American Malacological Society, Charleston: 90.