Omalonyx matheroni

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Succineoidea Genus Omalonyx Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Family Succineidae Scientific name Omalonyx matheroni Rank Species
Similar Omalonyx, Succineidae, Lucidella, Sarasinula plebeia, Sarasinula

Omalonyx matheroni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

Distribution

The distribution of Omalonyx matheroni includes:

The Lesser Antilles, West Indies:

Dominica - introduced. There are slight differences in mantle pattern (often a diagnostic feature in some succineids) compared to typical Omalonyx matheroni. Further work is needed to establish the taxonomic position of the material from Dominica.

Trinidad

and

South America

References

Omalonyx matheroni Wikipedia

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