Drymaeus multilineatus

Drymaeus multilineatus, common name the lined treesnail, is a species of medium-sized air-breathing, tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.

Drymaeus multilineatus
Drymaeus multilineatus on a tree branch.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Drymaeus
Species:
D. multilineatus
Binomial name
Drymaeus multilineatus
(Say, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Bulimus andicola L. Pfeiffer, 1847 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimus menkei Gruner, 1841 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimus multilineatus Say, 1825
  • Bulimus parvus I. Lea, 1838 (junior synonym)
  • Bulimus sisalensis Morelet, 1849 (junior synonym)
  • Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) andicola (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) multilineatus (Say, 1825)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Drymaeus andicola (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Drymaeus multilineatus latizonatus Pilsbry, 1936

Distribution

This species occurs in Florida, USA and Yucatan, Mexico.

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