Leiostracus demerarensis

Leiostracus demerarensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae.[1]

Leiostracus demerarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Simpulopsidae
Genus:
Leiostracus
Species:
L. demerarensis
Binomial name
Leiostracus demerarensis
(L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Synonyms

Leiostracus ruthveni H.B. Baker, 1926

  • Bostryx demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) (superseded combination)
  • Bulimus demerarensis L. Pfeiffer, 1861 (original combination)
  • Drymaeus (Leiostracus) ruthveni H. B. Baker, 1926 (junior synonym)

Distribution

This species is endemic to South America and is so far known to occur in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil.[2][3]

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1431199 on 2020-05-04
  2. Breure, A.S.H. (1978). "Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 164: 1–255.
  3. Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; De Luca, Andre C.; Cavallari, Daniel Caracanhas; Cunha, Carlo Magenta (30 April 2020). "First record of Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) from Brazil (Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea), with a taxonomic reassessment". Check List. 16 (2): 507–512. doi:10.15560/16.2.507.


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