Sultana sultana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Orthalicidae
Genus: Sultana
Species:
S. sultana
Binomial name
Sultana sultana
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Helix sultana Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym)
  • Orthalicus sultana (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted combination)
  • Orthalicus sultana angustior Preston, 1914 (junior synonym)
  • Orthalicus trullisatus Shuttleworth, 1856 (junior synonym)
  • Sultana sultana angustior (Preston, 1914) (superseded subspecific combination)
  • Sultana sultana sultana (Dillwyn, 1817) (superseded subspecific combination)

Sultana sultana is a species from the genus Sultana.[1] [2]

This species was first described by Lewis Weston Dillwyn in 1817.[3]

Description

Sultana sultana is a land snail. It has a shell height of 87.4 and a diameter 54.5 mm.[4][5]

Habitat and range

This species occurs widely across South America, findings have been documented in Panama,[4] Colombia,[4][6] Ecuador,[4] Peru,[4] Bolivia,[4] Brazil,[4][7] French Guiana,[4][8] and Suriname.[4][9] Recent observations through citizen science apps, confirm these documented recordings.[1][3]

It has an habitat at low altitude and in moist forests.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sultana sultana". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sultana sultana (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442167 on 2021-03-05
  3. 1 2 Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019), GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, GBIF Secretariat, doi:10.15468/39omei, retrieved 2021-02-27
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Abraham Breure; Valentín Mogollón Avila (12 May 2016). "Synopsis of Central Andean Orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae". ZooKeys. 588 (588): 1–199. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.588.7906. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 4926695. PMID 27408531. Wikidata Q24200380.
  5. Neubert, Eike; Gosteli, Margret (2003). The molluscan species described by Robert James Shuttleworth. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. OCLC 80225611.
  6. Linares EL, Vera ML (2012) Catálogo de los moluscos continentales de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, 360 pp.
  7. Simone LRL (2006) Land and freshwater molluscs of Brazil. EGB/Fapesp, São Paulo, 390 pp.
  8. Massemin D, Lamy D, Pointier J-P, Gargominy O (2009) Coquillages et escargots de Guyane. Seashells and snails from French Guiana. Biotope, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, 456 pp.
  9. Altena CO van Regteren (1975) Land Gastropoda of Surinam, with the description of a new species of Nesopupa. Basteria 39: 29–60.
  • Massemin D., Lamy D., Pointier J.P. & Gargominy O. (2009). Coquillages et escargots de Guyane. Mèze: Biotope. 456 pp.
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