''Pleurodonte guadeloupensis'' is a

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air-breathing

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, a

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

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in the family

Pleurodontidae Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

Subspecies

* ''Pleurodonte guadeloupensis dominicana''

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, 1937 - This subspecies is endemic to the Caribbean island of

Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...

. * ''Pleurodonte guadeloupensis guadeloupensis'' (Pilsbry, 1889) * ''Pleurodonte guadeloupensis martinensis'' Hovestadt & Neckheim, 2020 * ''Pleurodonte guadeloupensis roseolabrum'' (M. Smith, 1911)

Description

This is the smallest ''Pleurodonte'' species on Dominica. It has a velvety

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on the shell surface. Pleurodonte guadeloupensis dominicana shell

Distribution

The distribution of ''Pleurodonte guadeloupensis'' consists of: *

Ecology

This species is widespread on Dominica and can be found in disturbed habitats and agricultural areas.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference 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 ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...

'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 * Deshayes G.P. , 1839-1851 - Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés par les caractères essentiels que présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles, vol. I, p. 402 pp

External links

Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de. (1819-1832). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés d'après les caractères essentiels que présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles. J.-B. Bailliere, Paris. Tome deuxième, première partie.

Pilsbry, H. A. (1889-1890). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 5: Helicidae, vol. 3. pp 1-216, pls 1-64. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences
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