Tomostele musaecola

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Tomostele musaecola
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A shell of Tomostele musaecola. The height of the shell is 8.71 mm.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Tomostele
Species:
T. musaecola
Binomial name
Tomostele musaecola
(Morelet, 1860)
Synonyms [1]
  • Achatina musaecolaMorelet, 1860 (original combination)
  • Leptinaria (Luntia) insignis(E. A. Smith, 1898) (junior synonym)
  • Luntia insignis(E. A. Smith, 1898)
  • Streptostele (Tomostele) musaecola(Morelet, 1860)
  • Streptostele insignis(E. A. Smith, 1898) (junior synonym)
  • Streptostele musaecola(Morelet, 1860) ·

Tomostele musaecola is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Streptaxidae. [2]

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Distribution

The indigenous distribution of Tomostele musaecola includes:

This West African species has been widely reported from the Neotropics as Luntia insignis (E. A. Smith, 1898). [1]

The non-indigenous distribution of Tomostele musaecola includes:

Ecology

This species is molluscivorous (it eats other mollusks), and its effect on the native malacofauna of Dominica is as yet undocumented. [1]

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References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference. [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1446758 on 2022-06-30
  3. ↑ Hausdorf B. & Medina Bermúdez C. I. (2003). "Luntia insignis Smith, 1898, is a synonym of Streptostele (Tomostele) musaecola (Morelet, 1860) (Gastropoda, Streptaxidae) - an African tramp and its distribution in America". Malacologia 45: 185-187, figs 1-4.


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