Rhytidopoma immersum

Rhytidopoma immersum
A live individual of Rhytidopoma immersum has become a food item for one of two early stage larvae of Alecton discoidalis in captivity.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Pomatiidae
Subfamily:	Annulariinae
Tribe:	Rhytidopomatini
Genus:	Rhytidopoma
Species:	R. immersum
Binomial name
Rhytidopoma immersum (Gundlach, 1857)
Synonyms
Cyclostoma immersum Gundlach, 1857 Torrella immersa (Gundlach, 1857)

Rhytidopoma immersum is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Distribution

This species lives in Cuba, ^[5] for example at Pan de Matanzas. ^[1]

Ecology

Larva of Alecton discoidalis feeding on Rhytidopoma immersum in nature.

This snail is usually a rock-dwelling species. ^[1]

Predators of Rhytidopoma immersum include larvae of the firefly bug Alecton discoidalis . ^[1]

Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Rhytidopoma immersum: ^[2]

• Rhytidopoma immersum camaronense(de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941)
• Rhytidopoma immersum grillense(de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941)
• Rhytidopoma immersum immersum(Gundlach, 1857)
• Rhytidopoma immersum nodiferum(Arango, 1881)
• Rhytidopoma immersum perseaAguayo & Jaume, 1954

References

1. 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 .
2. "World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS Taxon Details Rhytidopoma immersum" . Retrieved 2025-01-19.
3. "GBIF, Rhytidopoma immersum" . Retrieved 2025-01-19.
4. "Catalogue of Life, Rhytidopoma immersum (Gundlach, 1857)" . Retrieved 2025-01-19.
5. "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 20 March 2011.