Antidrymaeus laticinctus
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| image = Drymaeus laticinctus.png
| image_caption = yellow form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus
| image2 = Drymaeus laticinctus 2.png
| image2_caption = banded form of Antidrymaeus laticinctus
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| taxon = Antidrymaeus laticinctus
| authority = (Guppy, 1868)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: [https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof411868lond#page/428/mode/2up 429]-442. page 431.
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- Bulimulus laticinctus Guppy, 1868
- Bulimus (Leptomerus) multifasciatus Lamarck
- Drymaeus virginalis var. dominicanus Pilsbry, 1899Pilsbry H. A. (1899). American Bulimulidae: North American and Antillean Drymaeus, Leiostracus, Orthalicinae and Amphibuliminae. Manual of Conchology (2)12: i-iii, 1-258, pls 1-64. [https://archive.org/stream/manualofconcholo12tryorich#page/12/mode/2up page 12], [https://archive.org/stream/manualofconcholo12tryorich#page/n294/mode/1up pl. 12], fig. 24; [https://archive.org/stream/manualofconcholo12tryorich#page/16/mode/2up page 16], [https://archive.org/stream/manualofconcholo12tryorich#page/n296/mode/1up plate 13], fig. 94.
- Drymaeus laticinctus{{Cite journal |last1=Salvador |first1=Rodrigo B. |last2=Silva |first2=Fernanda S. |last3=Cavallari |first3=Daniel C. |last4=Köhler |first4=Frank |last5=Slapcinsky |first5=John |last6=Breure |first6=Abraham S. H. |date=2023-07-26 |title=Molecular phylogeny of the Orthalicoidea land snails: Further support and surprises |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=e0288533 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0288533 |doi-access=free |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=10370776 |pmid=37494326|bibcode=2023PLoSO..1888533S }}
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Antidrymaeus laticinctus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
Distribution
Antidrymaeus laticinctus is endemic to Dominica. This appears to be a relatively rare species, only observed in some isolated localities.
Description
There are spirally banded and unicoloured forms. In collections the colour of the latter usually fades away and becomes white, as already observed by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1899). His variety dominicanus of Drymaeus virginalis – a mainland taxon – appears a white specimen. This species is part of the Antidrymaeus multifasciatus species complex, of which a revision is pending (Breure, in preparation).
Ecology
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference 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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185659/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 |date=2011-10-07 }}
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