Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Pleurodontidae Scientific name Pleurodonte nigrescens | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Helicoidea Genus Pleurodonte Rank Species | |
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Pleurodonte nigrescens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.
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Distribution
The distribution of Pleurodonte nigrescens includes:
Description
Pleurodonte nigrescens differs from all other Dominican Pleurodonte species by the characteristic parietal tooth opposite the basal teeth in the aperture. The shell can be chesnut-brown with fine axial lines or purple-black with a purple aperture.
Ecology
Pleurodonte nigrescens lives in damp leaf litter on the forest floor. This species appears to prefer relatively undisturbed habitats, especially in rain forest at higher altitudes in Dominica.
References
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