• Source: Pleurodonte nigrescens

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:

Guadeloupe
Dominica




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


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Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Pleurodonte nigrescens
• Pleurodonte
• List of non-marine molluscs of Dominica
• List of recently extinct invertebrates