Pleurodonte dentiens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.
Pleurodonte dentiens | |
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Apertural view of the shell of Pleurodonte dentiens. The height of the shell is 11.7 mm. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Pleurodontidae |
Genus: | Pleurodonte |
Species: | P. dentiens
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Binomial name | |
Pleurodonte dentiens (Férussac, 1822)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Helix dentiens |
Distribution
editThe distribution of Pleurodonte dentiens includes:
Ecology
editThis 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
editThis article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]
- ^ a b c d e f g 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