Leptinaria unilamellata
| Leptinaria unilamellata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Achatinina |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Leptinaria |
| Species: | L. unilamellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptinaria unilamellata (d'Orbigny, 1837)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tornatellina (Leptinaria) lamellata Potiez & Michaud | |
Leptinaria unilamellata is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Leptinaria unilamellata is a widespread species throughout the Caribbean Basin.[2]
The distribution of Leptinaria unilamellata includes:
- West Indies[2]
- Dominica - introduced[2]
- Guadeloupe - introduced[2]
- Martinique - introduced[2]
- other in the Lesser Antilles - introduced[2]
- Central America[2]
- Venezuela[2]
- Peru[2]
Ecology
[edit]It is generally found in damp leaf litter and under rotten logs in Dominica.[2]
It is ovoviviparous species.[3]
References
[edit]This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[2]
- ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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
- ^ Carvalho C. De M., Da Silva J. P., Mendonça C. L. F.; Bessa E. C. De A. & D'ávila S. (2009). "Life history strategy of Leptinaria unilamellata (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Subulinidae)". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 53(4): 211-222. doi:10.1080/07924259.2009.9652307.
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