Leptinaria unilamellata

Leptinaria unilamellata is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[1]

Leptinaria unilamellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Subfamily:	Subulininae
Genus:	Leptinaria
Species:	L. unilamellata
Binomial name
Leptinaria unilamellata (d’Orbigny, 1837)
Synonyms
Tornatellina (Leptinaria) lamellata Potiez & Michaud

Distribution

Leptinaria unilamellata is a widespread species throughout the Caribbean Basin.[2]

The distribution of Leptinaria unilamellata includes:

• West Indies[2]
• Dominica - introduced[2]
• Guadeloupe - introduced[2]
• Martinique - introduced[2]
• other in Lesser Antilles - introduced[2]
• Central America[2]
• Venezuela[2]
• Peru[2]

Ecology

It is generally found in damp leaf litter and under rotten logs in Dominica.[2]

It is ovoviviparous species.[3]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[2]

1. Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
2. 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
3. Carvalho C. De M., Da Silva J. P., Mendonça C. L. F.; Bessa E. C. De A. & D'ávila S. (2009). "Life history strategy of Leptinaria unilamellata (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Subulinidae)". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 53(4): 211-222. doi:10.1080/07924259.2009.9652307.