Thelidomus aspera | |
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Black-and-white photo of an apertural view of a shell of Thelidomus aspera from Jamaica. Scale bar = 1 cm. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Pleurodontidae |
Genus: | Thelidomus |
Species: | T. aspera
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Binomial name | |
Thelidomus aspera (
Férussac, 1821)
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Synonyms | |
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Thelidomus aspera is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurodontidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. [1]
This species has not yet become established in the US, but it is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore, it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA. [2]
Thelidomus aspera is a host for larvae of the parasites Angiostrongylus cantonensis [3] and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus. [3]