Pleurodonte dentiens

Pleurodonte dentiens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.

Pleurodonte dentiens
Apertural view of the shell of Pleurodonte dentiens. The height of the shell is 11.7 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Pleurodontidae
Genus:
Pleurodonte
Species:
P. dentiens
Binomial name
Pleurodonte dentiens
(Férussac, 1822)
Synonyms[1]

Helix dentiens

Distribution

The distribution of Pleurodonte dentiens includes:

Ecology

This species is widespread on the Dominica, especially in disturbed habitats and agricultural areas.[1] It is suspected to cause feeding damage to various crops.[1]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]

  1. 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


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