Amphibulima rubescens

Amphibulima rubescens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae.

Amphibulima rubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Amphibulimidae
Genus:
Amphibulima
Species:
A. rubescens
Binomial name
Amphibulima rubescens
(Deshayes, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Succinea rubescens[2]
  • Amphibulima (Rhodonyx) rubescens[3]

Distribution

Amphibulima rubescens has been reported by various workers from Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Dominica and Martinique.[1] It is assumed now that this taxon is endemic to Martinique and all other reports are misidentifications.[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
  2. Brown A. D. (1881). "Notes on the land-shells of Dominica". American Naturalist 15: 56-57.
  3. Pilsbry H. A. (1899). American Bulimulidae: North American and Antillean Drymaeus, Leiostracus, Orthalicinae and Amphibuliminae. Manual of Conchology (2)12: i-iii, 1-258, pls 1-64. page 240, pl. 61, figs 26-27.


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