Torrella immersa

Torrella immersa
	A live individual of Torrella immersa has become a food item for one of two early stage larvae of Alecton discoidalis in captivity.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Littorinoidea
Family:	Pomatiidae
Genus:	Torrella
Species:	T. immersa
Binomial name
	Torrella immersa; (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857)
Synonyms
	Torrella inmersa Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857[1];

Torrella immersa is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.[1]

Distribution

This species lives in Cuba,[2] for example at Pan de Matanzas.[1]

Larva of Alecton discoidalis feeding on Torrella immersa in nature.

This snail is usually a rock-dwelling species.[1]

Predators of Torrella immersa include larvae of the firefly bug Alecton discoidalis.[1]

Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/149879.
"Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 20 March 2011.

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