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Leptinaria unilamellata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Achatinina
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Genus:	Leptinaria
Species:	L. unilamellata
Binomial name
Leptinaria unilamellata (d'Orbigny, 1837)
Synonyms
Tornatellina (Leptinaria) lamellata Potiez & Michaud

Leptinaria unilamellata is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

Distribution

Leptinaria unilamellata is a widespread species throughout the Caribbean Basin.

The distribution of Leptinaria unilamellata includes:

• West Indies
• Dominica - introduced
• Guadeloupe - introduced
• Martinique - introduced
• other in the Lesser Antilles - introduced
• Central America
• Venezuela
• Peru

Ecology

It is generally found in damp leaf litter and under rotten logs in Dominica.

It is ovoviviparous species.

References

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1. Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
2. ^ Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
3. Carvalho C. De M., Da Silva J. P., Mendonça C. L. F.; Bessa E. C. De A. & D'ávila S. (2009). "Life history strategy of Leptinaria unilamellata (d'Orbigny, 1835) (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Subulinidae)". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 53(4): 211-222. doi:10.1080/07924259.2009.9652307.

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