Zophos baudoni is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Haplotrematidae.

Zophos baudoni
Zophos cf. baudoni from Dominica.
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Binomial name
Zophos baudoni
(Petit, 1853)
Synonyms[1]

Hyalina baudoni

Distribution

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Ecology

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Zophos baudoni lives on the rainforest floor.[1]

It is carnivorous and it feeds on earthworms and immature Pleurodonte specimens.[1]

References

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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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
  2. ^ Guppy R. J. L. (1868). "On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)1: 429-442. page 430.
  3. ^ Ramnath N. & Fields A. (2002). "A survey of the land snails of four islands in the Lesser Antilles: Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada". Abstracts Annual Meeting American Malacological Society, Charleston: 90.