Drymaeus serperastrus

Drymaeus serperastrus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.

Drymaeus serperastrus
Probably Drymaeus serperastrus from Uxmal, Yucatán, Mexico
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:
Drymaeus[1]
Species:
D. serperastrus
Binomial name
Drymaeus serperastrus
(Say, 1829)[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Bulimus serperastrus Say, 1829
  • Bulimulus serperastrus (Say)
  • Bulimulus serperastrus (Say)
  • Bulimus liebmanni Pfeiffer, 1846
  • Bulimus paivanus Pfeiffer

Distribution

The distribution of Drymaeus serperastrus includes the following states of Mexico: Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Veracruz, Hidalgo and Tamaulipas.[1]

The type locality of Drymaeus serperastrus is "on the side of the road between Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico".[2]

Description

The radula of Drymaeus serperastrus has 127 rows of teeth.[3] Formula of the radula is 79-1-70.[3]

References
  1. Thompson F. G. (16 June 2008). "An Annotated Checklist and Bibliography of the Land and Freshwater Snails of Mexico and Central America" Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. "Part 3 Part 3 (Orthlicoidea)". accessed 17 May 2011.
  2. Say T. (1829). "Descriptions of some new terrestrial and fluviatile shells of North America". New Harmony, Indiana: page 25.
  3. Solem A. (1955). "Mexican mollusks collected for Dr. Bryant Walker in 1926, XI: Drymaeus". Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, Michigan, 31 pp., 5 plates, 1 table. page 15-16, plate 1, fig. 8; plate 2, figs. 1, 10; plate 3, fig. 2; plate 4, fig. 6. PDF.


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