Amphibulima pardalina
| Amphibulima pardalina | |
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| a darker form of Amphibulima pardalina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amphibulimidae |
| Genus: | Amphibulima |
| Species: | A. pardalina
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| Binomial name | |
| Amphibulima pardalina | |
Amphibulima pardalina is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae.
Distribution
[edit]Amphibulima pardalina is endemic to Dominica.[2] The type locality is Mount Kuliabon and Morne Diablotin, Dominica.[1]
Amphibulima pardalina is very restricted in range[2] and probably meet the IUCN-criteria of Critically Endangered species.[2] This species is restricted to higher localities.[2]
Description
[edit]This rare species, considered by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1899)[3] to be distinct on account of its coarse sculpture, can be found both as a light and a dark colour form.[2]
Ecology
[edit]It was found in very damp and cool habitats in cloud forest at higher altitudes.[2]
References
[edit]This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]
- ^ a b Guppy R. J. L. (1868). "On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)1: 429-442. page 432.
- ^ a b c d e f g Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1899). American Bulimulidae: North American and Antillean Drymaeus, Leiostracus, Orthalicinae and Amphibuliminae. Manual of Conchology (2)12: i-iii, 1-258, pls 1-64.