Pleurodonte nigrescens
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| image = Pleurodonte nigrescens shell.png
| 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
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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