Pleurodonte dentiens

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
	Helix dentiens

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

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]

^ ^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

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[Robinson_2009-1] ^ ^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

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Pleurodonte dentiens

Distribution

Ecology

References

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