Omalonyx matheroni | |
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Heterobranchia
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Euthyneura |
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Species: | O. matheroni
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Omalonyx matheroni | |
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Succinea (Omalonyx) guadaloupensis Lesson |
Omalonyx matheroni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
The distribution of Omalonyx matheroni includes the Lesser Antilles, West Indies in Dominica (where it is introduced - there are slight differences in mantle pattern, often a diagnostic feature in some succineids, compared to typical Omalonyx matheroni), Trinidad and South America. [1]
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