| Succinea approximans | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Succineidae |
| Genus: | Succinea |
| Species: | S. approximans
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| Binomial name | |
| Succinea approximans
Shuttleworth, 1854
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Succinea approximans is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
The type locality is in Puerto Rico. [1] Robert James Shuttleworth, the authority of this species mentioned six localities in his original description: "prope San Juan, Fajardo, Ceiba, Humacao, Luquillo et ad Rio Blanco". [1]
Other reports of Succinea approximans include:
- Grenada - occurs widely [2]
- " Lesser Antilles", [2] but not in Dominica [3]
- Saint Lucia [4]
Robinson et al. (2009) commented that it has not been reported from any intermediate islands. [3] They considered reports of this species by Thomas B. Bland (1869) [5] and George French Angas (1884) [6] to be dubious. [3]
The dimensions of the shell of the type specimen are as follows: the height of the shell is 12 mm; the width of the shell is 7 mm; the height of the aperture is 9 mm. [1]
In Grenada, the height of the shell of this species is 10 mm. [2]
The habitat of Succinea approximans ranges from relatively dry places to wet areas. [2] In Grenada, Succinea approximans lives among leaf litter. [2]
- ^ a b c d Shuttleworth R. J. (1854). "Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken der Insel Portorico". Mitteilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bern Nr. 310-330: 33-56. page 55.
- ^ a b c d e Charles L. (1 October 2009). "A contribution to the knowledge of land and freshwater Mollusca of Grenada (Lesser Antilles)". Société d’Histoire Naturelle L’Herminier, contribution to malacology # 1. PDF.
- ^ a b c 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 Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
- ^ Sturrock R. F. (1974). "Ecological notes on habitats of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni on St. Lucia, West Indies". Caribbean Journal of Science 14(3-4): 149-162. PDF.
- ^ Bland T. (1869). "Notes on the land-shells of Trinidad, Grenada and Dominica, and also of Curaçao and Buen Ayre, W.I." American Journal of Conchology 4: 177-192.
- ^ Angas G. F. (1884). "On the terrestrial Mollusca of Dominica, collected during a recent visit to that island". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 594-597, figs. 1-3.