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Helicina fasciata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Helicinidae

Scientific name
  
Helicina fasciata

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Helicinoidea

Genus
  
Helicina

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Amphicyclotulus, Amphibulima patula, Helicina rostrata, Lucidella, Omalonyx

Helicina fasciata is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

Distribution

This species is lives in Lesser Antilles.

Although this taxon was not collected during of the surveys in Dominica in 2000s, it is considered as a part of land snail fauna of Dominica. Thirteen specimens that were part of the collection by Benjamin Sharp definitely belong to this taxon. These specimens also lend credence to the record by A. D. Brown (1881). As the species appears to be widespread in the Lesser Antilles as a result of human activities, it is quite possible that Helicina fasciata once had a population on the Dominica island; this may still be the case.

References

Helicina fasciata Wikipedia