Drymaeus multilineatus

Drymaeus multilineatus, common name the lined treesnail, is a species of medium-sized air-breathing, tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.

Drymaeus multilineatus
Drymaeus multilineatus on a tree branch.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Bulimulidae
Subfamily:
Peltellinae
Genus:
Drymaeus
Subgenus:
Mesembrinus
Species:
D. multilineatus
Binomial name
Drymaeus multilineatus
(Say, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Bulimus andicola L. Pfeiffer, 1847 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimus menkei Gruner, 1841 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimus multilineatus Say, 1825
  • Bulimus parvus I. Lea, 1838 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimus sisalensis Morelet, 1849 (junior synonym)
  • Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) andicola (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) multilineatus (Say, 1825)ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Drymaeus andicola (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Drymaeus multilineatus latizonatus Pilsbry, 1936

Distribution

This species occurs in Florida , USA and Yucatan, Mexico.

References


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