Pleurodonte nigrescens

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| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Pleurodonte nigrescens. The height of the shell is 11.1 mm.

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| taxon = Pleurodonte nigrescens

| authority = (Wood, 1828)

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  • Helix nigrescens
  • Helix (Dentellaria) nigrescens

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

Distribution

The distribution of Pleurodonte nigrescens includes:

Description

Pleurodonte nigrescens differs from all other Dominican Pleurodonte species by the characteristic parietal tooth opposite the basal teeth in the aperture. The shell can be chesnut-brown with fine axial lines or purple-black with a purple aperture.

Ecology

Pleurodonte nigrescens lives in damp leaf litter on the forest floor. This species appears to prefer relatively undisturbed habitats, especially in rain forest at higher altitudes in Dominica.

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). "[http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185659/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 |date=2011-10-07 }}". Zoologische Mededelingen 83

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Category:Pleurodontidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1828