Tomostele musaecola explained

Tomostele musaecola is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Streptaxidae.[1]

Distribution

The indigenous distribution of Tomostele musaecola includes:

This West African species has been widely reported from the Neotropics as Luntia insignis (E. A. Smith, 1898).

The non-indigenous distribution of Tomostele musaecola includes:

Ecology

This species is molluscivorous (it eats other mollusks), and its effect on the native malacofauna of Dominica is as yet undocumented.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1446758 on 2022-06-30
  2. Hausdorf B. & Medina Bermúdez C. I. (2003). "Luntia insignis Smith, 1898, is a synonym of Streptostele (Tomostele) musaecola (Morelet, 1860) (Gastropoda, Streptaxidae) - an African tramp and its distribution in America". Malacologia 45: 185-187, figs 1-4.
  3. 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