Rhodonyx rubescens
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{{Taxobox
| name = Rhodonyx rubescens
| image = Amphibulima rubescens (MNHN-IM-2000-31673) 001.jpeg
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| status =
| status_system =
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia= clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
| superfamilia = Orthalicoidea
| familia = Amphibulimidae
| genus = Rhodonyx
| species = R. rubescens
| binomial = Rhodonyx rubescens
| binomial_authority = (Deshayes, 1830)
| synonyms =
- Amphibulima (Rhodonyx) rubescens (Deshayes, 1830 ) Pilsbry 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/240/mode/2up page 240], [https://archive.org/stream/manualofconcholo12tryorich#page/n394/mode/1up pl. 61], figs 26-27.
- Succinea rubescens Deshayes, 1830 Brown A. D. (1881). "Notes on the land-shells of Dominica". American Naturalist 15: 56-57.
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Rhodonyx rubescens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhodonyx rubescens (Deshayes, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1553133 on 2022-07-10
Distribution
Rhodonyx rubescens has been reported by various workers from Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Dominica and Martinique. It is assumed now that this taxon is endemic to Martinique and all other reports are misidentifications.
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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- Schileyko, A. A. (1999). Treatise on Recent Terrestrial Pulmonate Molluscs, Part 3: Partulidae, Ailllyidae, Bulimulidae, Orthalicidae, Megaspiridae, Urocoptidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 263-436.
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Category:Gastropods described in 1830
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