Drymaeus serperastrus | |
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Probably Drymaeus serperastrus from Uxmal, Yucatán, Mexico | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Genus: | Drymaeus |
Species: | D. serperastrus |
Binomial name | |
Drymaeus serperastrus (Say, 1829) | |
Synonyms | |
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Drymaeus serperastrus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
Distribution
The distribution of Drymaeus serperastrus includes the following states of Mexico: Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Veracruz, Hidalgo and Tamaulipas.
The type locality of Drymaeus serperastrus is "on the side of the road between Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico".
Description
The radula of Drymaeus serperastrus has 127 rows of teeth. Formula of the radula is 79-1-70.
References
- ^ Say T. (1829). "Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America". New Harmony, Indiana: page 25.
- ^ Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "An Annotated Checklist and Bibliography of the Land and Freshwater Snails of Mexico and Central America" Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. "Part 3 Part 3 (Orthlicoidea)". accessed 17 May 2011.
- ^ Solem A. (1955). "Mexican mollusks collected for Dr. Bryant Walker in 1926, XI: Drymaeus". Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, Michigan, 31 pp., 5 plates, 1 table. page 15-16, plate 1, fig. 8; plate 2, figs. 1, 10; plate 3, fig. 2; plate 4, fig. 6. PDF.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Drymaeus serperastrus |
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