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Leptinaria unilamellata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Achatinoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Subulinidae

Genus
  
Leptinaria

Similar
  
Subulinidae, Subulina, Subulina octona, Allopeas, Omalonyx

Leptinaria unilamellata is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae.

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Distribution

Leptinaria unilamellata is a widespread species throughout the Caribbean Basin.

The distribution of Leptinaria unilamellata includes:

  • West Indies
  • Dominica - introduced
  • Guadeloupe - introduced
  • Martinique - introduced
  • other in Lesser Antilles - introduced
  • Central America
  • Venezuela
  • Peru
  • Ecology

    It is generally found in damp leaf litter and under rotten logs in Dominica.

    It is ovoviviparous species.

    References

    Leptinaria unilamellata Wikipedia