Dentellaria sloaneana

Dentellaria sloaneana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae. [1]

Dentellaria sloaneana
Black-and-white photo: an apertural view of a shell of Dentellaria sloaneana from Jamaica. Scale bar = 1 cm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Pleurodontidae
Genus: Dentellaria
Species:
D. sloaneana
Binomial name
Dentellaria sloaneana
(L. Pfeiffer, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Helix (Lucerna) vendryesi Cockerell, 1892 (junior synonym)
  • Helix sloaneana L. Pfeiffer, 1868 (original combination)
  • Pleurodonte sloaneana (L. Pfeiffer, 1868) (unaccepted combination)

This species occurs in Jamaica.[2]

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Dentellaria sloaneana (L. Pfeiffer, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1214273 on 2022-01-28
  2. Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 155(1): 117-161. doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1


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