Pleurodonte nigrescens
Apertural view of a shell of Pleurodonte nigrescens. The height of the shell is 11.1 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Pleurodontidae
Genus:
Pleurodonte
Species:
P. nigrescens
Binomial name
Pleurodonte nigrescens
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Helix nigrescens
  • Helix (Dentellaria) 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:

Description

Pleurodonte nigrescens differs from all other Dominican Pleurodonte species by the characteristic parietal tooth opposite the basal teeth in the aperture.[1] The shell can be chesnut-brown with fine axial lines or purple-black with a purple aperture.[1]

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.[1]

References

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