''Eutudora jimenoi'' is a
species of an
operculate land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
,
terrestrial gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family
Pomatiidae.
Distribution
This species lives in
Cuba.
["Mollusca"](_blank)
. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 20 March 2011.
Ecology
''Eutudora jimenoi'' is a rock dwelling species.
[Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the cuben Endemic Firefly ''Alecton discoidalis'' Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". '' Psyche'' 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, .]
Predators of ''Eutudora jimenoi'' include larvae of firefly bug ''
Alecton discoidalis
''Alecton discoidalis'' is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae, commonly known as the Cuban endemic firefly. The larvae of this species are predators on both pulmonate and operculate land snails. ''Alecton discoidalis'' is the t ...
''.
References
Pomatiidae
Gastropods described in 1864
Endemic fauna of Cuba
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