Farcimen tortum

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Farcimen tortum
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clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
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F. tortum
Binomial name
Farcimen tortum
(Wood, 1828)

Farcimen tortum is a species of a land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Megalomastomatidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species is found in Cuba. [1]

Ecology

Farcimen tortum is a ground dwelling species. [2]

Predators of Farcimen tortum include larvae of firefly bug Alecton discoidalis . [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mollusca" Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, doi : 10.1155/2010/149879.