Leptinaria unilamellata
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| taxon = Leptinaria unilamellata
| authority = (d'Orbigny, 1837)
| synonyms = Tornatellina (Leptinaria) lamellata Potiez & Michaud
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Leptinaria unilamellata is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.{{WRMS source|278821|Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.|10 January 2019}}
Distribution
Leptinaria unilamellata is a widespread species throughout the Caribbean Basin.
The distribution of Leptinaria unilamellata includes:
- West Indies
- Dominica - introduced
- Guadeloupe - introduced
- Martinique - introduced
- other in the Lesser Antilles - introduced
- Central America
- Venezuela
- Peru
Ecology
It is generally found in damp leaf litter and under rotten logs in Dominica.
It is ovoviviparous species.Carvalho C. De M., Da Silva J. P., Mendonça C. L. F.; Bessa E. C. De A. & D'ávila S. (2009). "Life history strategy of Leptinaria unilamellata (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Subulinidae)". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 53(4): 211-222. {{doi|10.1080/07924259.2009.9652307}}.
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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Category:Gastropods described in 1837
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