Orthalicus undatus

Orthalicus undatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.

Orthalicus undatus
Black-and-white photo: an apertural view of the shell of Orthalicus undatus jamaicensis from Jamaica. Scale bar is 1 cm.
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:
Orthalicidae
Subfamily:
Orthalicinae
Genus:
Orthalicus
Species:
O. undatus
Binomial name
Orthalicus undatus

Subspecies
  • Orthalicus undatus jamaicensis (Pilsbry, 1899) - synonym: Orthalicus jamaicensis. This is the only species of the genus Orthalicus that has been recorded in Jamaica.[1]

References
  1. Gary Rosenberg, Igor V. Muratov 2006. Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2006 155 (1), 117-161, doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1


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