Amphibulima rubescens

Amphibulima rubescens
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:	Amphibulimidae
Genus:	Amphibulima
Species:	A. rubescens
Binomial name
	Amphibulima rubescens; (Deshayes, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
	Succinea rubescens[2]; Amphibulima (Rhodonyx) rubescens[3];

Amphibulima rubescens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae.

Distribution

Amphibulima rubescens has been reported by various workers from Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Dominica and Martinique.[1] It is assumed now that this taxon is endemic to Martinique and all other reports are misidentifications.[1]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]

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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
Brown A. D. (1881). "Notes on the land-shells of Dominica". American Naturalist 15: 56-57.
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. page 240, pl. 61, figs 26-27.

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[Robinson_2009-1] 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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Brown A. D. (1881). "Notes on the land-shells of Dominica". American Naturalist 15: 56-57.

[3] 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. page 240, pl. 61, figs 26-27.