Abbottella Domingoensis
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''Abbottella domingoensis'' is a species of operculate
land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
in the family Pomatiidae. This species is endemic to the Dominican Republic.


Distribution

This species is endemic to the Dominican Republic, where it can be found in lowlands below 200 meters in the Rio Yuna valley and its tributaries, from Duarte and Sánchez Ramírez provinces to Hato Mayor provinces, along the eastern end of the Cordillera Septentrional and the northern Cordillera Oriental. Also known as the Sierra de El Seibo, a series of low hills of the Los Ranchos Formation (under 200m) in Monte Plata Province that stretches from the Cordillera Central in the west to the Cordillera Oriental in the east.


Ecology

Members of this species, like the rest of the Annulariidae, are calciphiles who never venture far from limestone outcrops. They are often found in mesic environments. On karst limestone ridges, this species has been discovered under rocks and debris. Also discovered under debris and ruins in the Boca Chica area of Santo Domingo. It's fairly common in this region.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q106103112 Pomatiidae