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Zophos baudoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Haplotrematidae

Scientific name
  
Zophos baudoni

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Rhytidoidea

Genus
  
Zophos

Rank
  
Species

Zophos baudoni

Zophos baudoni is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae.

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Distribution

  • Guadeloupe - Zophos baudoni was described by Petit de la Saussaye from Guadeloupe.
  • Dominica - Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1868) expressed some doubts whether the Dominican specimens belonged to species Zophos baudoni. Ramnath & Fields (2002) were of the same opinion, considering it possibly new to science.

    • Ecology

    Zophos baudoni lives on the rainforest floor.

    It is carnivorous and it feeds on earthworms and immature Pleurodonte specimens.

    References

    Zophos baudoni Wikipedia
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