Pleurodonte guadeloupensis

Pleurodonte guadeloupensis
	Pleurodonte guadeloupensis dominicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Pleurodontidae
Genus:	Pleurodonte
Species:	P. guadeloupensis
Binomial name
	Pleurodonte guadeloupensis; (Pilsbry, 1889)
Synonyms
	Helix (Dentellaria) badia Férussac, 1832 (invalid; not Gmelin, 1791); Helix (Dentellaria) badia var. guadeloupensis Pilsbry, 1889 (basionym); Helix (Helicodonta) badia Férussac, 1832 (invalid: junior homonym of Helix badia Gmelin, 1791); Helix badia Férussac, 1832 (invalid; not Gmelin, 1791);

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

Subspecies

Pleurodonte guadeloupensis dominicana Pilsbry & Cockerell, 1937 - This subspecies is endemic to the Caribbean island of Dominica.^[1]
Pleurodonte guadeloupensis guadeloupensis (Pilsbry, 1889)
Pleurodonte guadeloupensis martinensis Hovestadt & Neckheim, 2020
Pleurodonte guadeloupensis roseolabrum (M. Smith, 1911)

This is the smallest Pleurodonte species on Dominica. It has a velvety periostracum on the shell surface.^[1]

apertural view of the shell of Pleurodonte guadeloupensis dominicana. The height of the shell is 9.52 mm.

The distribution of Pleurodonte guadeloupensis consists of:

This species is widespread on Dominica and can be found in disturbed habitats and agricultural areas.^[1]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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

Deshayes G.P. , 1839-1851 - Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles tant des espèces que l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés par les caractères essentiels que présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles, vol. I, p. 402 pp

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