Paropeas achatinaceum

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Paropeas achatinaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group

Contents

Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Achatinoidea
Family:
Achatinidae
Subfamily:
Subulininae
Genus:
Paropeas
Species:
P. achatinaceum
Binomial name
Paropeas achatinaceum
(L. Pfeiffer, 1846) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Bulimus achatinaceus L. Pfeiffer, 1846
  • Achatina javanica L. A. Reeve, 1848-1850 [3]

Paropeas achatinaceum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinidae. [4]

Taxonomy

The subgenus Paropeas within the genus Prosopeas was elevated to generic status in 1994, based on the anatomy of this species. [5]

Description

Paropeas achatinaceum is a small snail with an oblong shell.

The reproductive system of Paropeas achatinaceum was described by Naggs (1994) [5] and by Azuma (1995). [6]

Distribution

Paropeas achatinaceum is native to Southeast Asia [7] It is widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific region. [5]

The type locality is Java. [2]

Distribution include:

The non-native distribution of Paropeas achatinaceum includes:

Although it has not been reported from anywhere else in the Neotropics, it was recently (December 2002) intercepted during preclearance of a shipment of Eryngium from Puerto Rico to Georgia, USA. [7] It is possible that the source of the specimen was the Dominican Republic, because much of the Eryngium shipped to the U.S. mainland from Puerto Rico is actually of Dominican origin. [7]

Ecology

Paropeas achatinaceum is a phytophagous (plant eating) snail, which like many other subulinids, feeds on the roots of a wide variety of different plants, including those of the pineapple. [7]

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Paropeas is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.

References

This article incorporates public domain text, a public domain work of the United States Government from the reference. [7]

  1. ↑ Pfeiffer L. (1846). Symbolae ad historiam heliceorum. Sectio tertia. T. Fischer, Cassel. 82.
  2. 1 2 "Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer, 1846)". Archived 2007-05-03 at archive.today accessed 30 August 2010
  3. ↑ Reeve L. A. (1848–1850). Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Volume V. Containing the monographs of the genera Bulimus. Achatina. Dolium. Cassis. Turritella. Mesalia. Eglisia. Cassidaria. Oniscia. Eburnia. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, London. , pl. 17.
  4. ↑ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017. . World Register of Marine Species , Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 Naggs F. (1994). "The reproductive anatomy of Paropeas achatinaceum and a new concept of Paropeas (Pulmonata: Achatinoidea: Subulinidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies60(2): 175-191. doi : 10.1093/mollus/60.2.175.
  6. ↑ トクサオカチョウジガイ Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer) の生殖腺系統について Notes of the Genital System of Paropeas achatinaceum (Pfeiffer, 1846) [Achatinoidea: Subulinidae]". ちりぼたん The Chiribotan25(3): 76-78. CiNii.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PD-icon.svg Robinson D. G. (16 June 2003). "Invasive Mollusk Survey of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida June 2003". Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. PDF [ permanent dead link ].
  8. ↑ Wu S.-P., Hwang C.-C., Huang H.-M., Chang H.-W., Lin Y.-S. & Lee P.-F. (2007). "Land Molluscan Fauna of the Dongsha Island with Twenty New Recorded Species". Taiwania52(2): 145-151. PDF Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine .
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