| Amphibulima patula | |
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| A live individual of Amphibulima patula dominicensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amphibulimidae |
| Genus: | Amphibulima |
| Species: | A. patula |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphibulima patula | |
| Synonyms | |
Bulimus patulusBruguière, 1792 | |
Amphibulima patula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae.
Subspecies of Amphibulima patula include:
Comparison of orange-yellowish and dark brown Amphibulima patula dominicensis:
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The nominate taxon Amphibulima patula patula has been reported from Guadeloupe (probably now extinct) and Marie-Galante. [3] The type locality is Guadeloupe.
Amphibulima patula dominicensis is endemic to Dominica. [3]
Another variety has been reported from Saint Kitts and Saba. [3]
Amphibulima patula has large foot, that is not completely retracted into the shell in living specimen. [2] But when the live animal is immersed into the preserving fluid, then it retracts completely within the shell. [2]
Adult snail is about 2.5 cm. [4] It is called a slug-like snail because the shell is relatively small in proportion to the body and with one large, ear-like whorl and two small whorls. [4] Color is yellowish brown. [4]
This species could be confused with the common amber snails ( Succinea ), especially the juveniles. [4] The Amphibulima has much coarser sculpture than the amber snails. [4]
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The jaw and radula of Amphibulima patula dominicensis was described by Bland & Binney in 1874. [5]
Amphibulima patula dominicensis is frequently found on banana and Citrus plants, where it may feed on the leaves. [3] They also eat leaves of Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum and Cakile lanceolata . [2] They eat lettuce in captivity. [2]
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This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [2] and CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [3] and a public domain work of the United States Government from the reference. [4]
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