Leiostracus demerarensis

Leiostracus demerarensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Simpulopsidae
Genus: Leiostracus
Species:
L. demerarensis
Binomial name
Leiostracus demerarensis
(L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Synonyms

Leiostracus ruthveni H.B. Baker, 1926

  • Bostryx demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) (superseded combination)
  • Bulimus demerarensis L. Pfeiffer, 1861 (original combination)
  • Drymaeus (Leiostracus) ruthveni H. B. Baker, 1926 (junior synonym)

Leiostracus demerarensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to South America and is so far known to occur in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1431199 on 2020-05-04
  2. ^ Breure, A.S.H. (1978). "Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 164: 1–255.
  3. ^ Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; De Luca, Andre C.; Cavallari, Daniel Caracanhas; Cunha, Carlo Magenta (30 April 2020). "First record of Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) from Brazil (Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea), with a taxonomic reassessment". Check List. 16 (2): 507–512. doi:10.15560/16.2.507.


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