Liguus vittatus

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Liguus vittatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Orthalicidae
Genus: Liguus
Species:
L. vittatus
Binomial name
Liguus vittatus
(Swainson, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • Achatina vittataSwainson, 1822
  • Achatina poeyanaPfeiffer, 1857
  • Liguus poeyanus(Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Liguus vittatus porphyreusJaume, 1952
  • Liguus vittatus thapsinusJaume, 1952
  • Liguus vittatus vittatus(Swainson, 1822)

Liguus vittatus, commonly known as the ribbon liguus, [2] is a species of land snail in the family Orthalicidae. It is native to the former Oriente Province of eastern Cuba. [2] [3]

References

  1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Liguus vittatus (Swainson, 1822)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Abbott, R. Tucker (1989). Compendium of landshells: a color guide to more than 2,000 of the world's terrestrial shells. Melbourne, Florida: American Malacologists. p. 116. ISBN   0-915826-23-2. OCLC   20966639.
  3. Clench, William J. (1946). "A catalogue of the genus Liguus, with a description of a new subgenus". Occasional Papers On Mollusks. 1 (10): 117-128. ISSN   0073-0807. LCCN   59035576 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.