Dryptus marmoratus

Dryptus marmoratus
Apertural view of a shell of Dryptus marmoratus.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Amphibulimidae
Genus:	Dryptus
Species:	D. marmoratus
Binomial name
Dryptus marmoratus (Dunker, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
Bulimus marmoratus Dunker, 1844 Strophocheilus marmoratus Plekocheilus marmoratus

Dryptus marmoratus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amphibulimidae. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

• This species occurs in El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Dunker, in Philippi. 1844. Abbild, u. Beschreib., 1: 157, P1ate 2, Figures. 1-2.
2. Breure A. S. H. & Ablett J. D. (2011) "Annotated type catalogue of the Amphibulimidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys 138: 1-52. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.138.1847 .
3. Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1-20. doi : 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
4. Thompson F. G. (20 Nevemeber) 1957. A Collection of mollusks from Northern Venezuela. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, number 591: 1-10. Plekocheilus marmoratus is on page 5.
5. Arias C, Sergio, 1952. Algunos moluscos de la región Baruta - EL Hatilllo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle XII(31):47-65