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Leiostracus demerarensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Simpulopsidae
Genus:	Leiostracus
Species:	L. demerarensis
Binomial name
Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861)
Synonyms
Leiostracus ruthveni H.B. Baker, 1926 Bostryx demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) (superseded combination) Bulimus demerarensis L. Pfeiffer, 1861 (original combination) Drymaeus (Leiostracus) ruthveni H. B. Baker, 1926 (junior synonym)

Leiostracus demerarensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to South America and is so far known to occur in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1431199 on 2020-05-04
2. Breure, A.S.H. (1978). "Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 164: 1–255.
3. Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; De Luca, Andre C.; Cavallari, Daniel Caracanhas; Cunha, Carlo Magenta (30 April 2020). "First record of Leiostracus demerarensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1861) from Brazil (Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea), with a taxonomic reassessment". Check List. 16 (2): 507–512. doi:10.15560/16.2.507.

External links

• L. (1861). Descriptions of forty-seven new species of land-shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 29(2): 20–29, pls 2–3. London

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