Helicina platychila

Helicina platychila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Helicinidae
Genus:	Helicina
Species:	H. platychila
Binomial name
	Helicina platychila; (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)
Synonyms
	Helix platychilos Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824; Helicina lutea Sowerby, 1847; Helicina epistilia Guppy, 1868;

Last updated June 17, 2024

Helicina platychila is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Helicinidae.

Shell description

As in many helicinid species, the shell of Helicina platychila can be yellow, to red, to brown in colour.^[2]

Distribution

This species lives in Guadeloupe, Dominica and in Martinique.^[2]

The type locality is Guadeloupe.^[1]

Ecology

Helicina platychila is fairly common arboreally on branches and leaf surfaces, and between detritus and leaves on the ground, occasionally together with Helicina guppyi in Dominica.^[2]

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References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.^[2]

1 2 Megerle von Mühlfeld J. C. von (1824). "Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien". Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft Naturforschenden Freunde zu Berlin1(4): 205-221, plates 7-9. Helicina platychila is on the page 219, pl. 3 figs 11a-b. Guadeloupe.
1 2 3 4 5 6 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 Mededelingen83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Sowerby G. B. (1847). "Monograph of the genus Helicina". Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells1: 1-16, pls 1-3. Helicina platychila is on the page 6, pl. 2 fig. 59, pl. 3 fig. 142.
↑ 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.

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[Megerle_von_Mühlfeld_1824-1] 1 2 Megerle von Mühlfeld J. C. von (1824). "Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien". Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft Naturforschenden Freunde zu Berlin1(4): 205-221, plates 7-9. Helicina platychila is on the page 219, pl. 3 figs 11a-b. Guadeloupe.

[Robinson_2009-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 Mededelingen83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Sowerby G. B. (1847). "Monograph of the genus Helicina". Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells1: 1-16, pls 1-3. Helicina platychila is on the page 6, pl. 2 fig. 59, pl. 3 fig. 142.

[Guppy_1868-4] 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.

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