Rhytidopoma immersum is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.[1][2][3][4]
Rhytidopoma immersum | |
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A live individual of Rhytidopoma immersum has become a food item for one of two early stage larvae of Alecton discoidalis in captivity. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Pomatiidae |
Subfamily: | Annulariinae |
Tribe: | Rhytidopomatini |
Genus: | Rhytidopoma |
Species: | R. immersum
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Binomial name | |
Rhytidopoma immersum (Gundlach, 1857)
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Synonyms | |
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Distribution
editThis species lives in Cuba,[5] for example at Pan de Matanzas.[1]
Ecology
editThis snail is usually a rock-dwelling species.[1]
Predators of Rhytidopoma immersum include larvae of the firefly bug Alecton discoidalis.[1]
Subspecies
editThese five subspecies belong to the species Rhytidopoma immersum:[2]
- Rhytidopoma immersum camaronense (de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941)
- Rhytidopoma immersum grillense (de la Torre & Bartsch, 1941)
- Rhytidopoma immersum immersum (Gundlach, 1857)
- Rhytidopoma immersum nodiferum (Arango, 1881)
- Rhytidopoma immersum persea Aguayo & Jaume, 1954
References
edit- ^ a b c d Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/149879.
- ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS Taxon Details Rhytidopoma immersum". Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "GBIF, Rhytidopoma immersum". Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life, Rhytidopoma immersum (Gundlach, 1857)". Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ^ "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 20 March 2011.