Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Orthalicoidea Subfamily Peltellinae Scientific name Drymaeus laticinctus Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Bulimulidae Genus Drymaeus Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Drymaeus, Bulimulus, Bulimulidae, Stylommatophora | ||
Drymaeus laticinctus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
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Distribution
Drymaeus laticinctus is endemic to Dominica. This appears to be a relatively rare species, only observed in some isolated localities.
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). His variety dominicanus of Drymaeus virginalis – a mainland taxon – appears a white specimen. This species is part of the Drymaeus multifasciatus species complex, of which a revision is pending (Breure, in preparation).
Ecology
Live animals were collected among fallen leaves and detritus on the ground.
References
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