| Amphibulima pardalina | |
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| a darker form of Amphibulima pardalina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amphibulimidae |
| Genus: | Amphibulima |
| Species: | A. pardalina |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphibulima pardalina Guppy, 1868 | |
Amphibulima pardalina is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae.
Distribution
Amphibulima pardalina is endemic to Dominica. The type locality is Mount Kuliabon and Morne Diablotin, Dominica.
Amphibulima pardalina is very restricted in range and probably meet the IUCN-criteria of Critically Endangered species. This species is restricted to higher localities.
Description
This rare species, considered by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1899) to be distinct on account of its coarse sculpture, can be found both as a light and a dark colour form.
Ecology
It was found in very damp and cool habitats in cloud forest at higher altitudes.
References
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- ^ Guppy R. J. L. (1868). "On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)1: 429-442. page 432.
- ^ 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
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Amphibulima pardalina | |