Rhodonyx

Rhodonyx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amphibulimidae
Genus: Rhodonyx
P. Fischer, 1873
Species:
R. rubescens
Binomial name
Rhodonyx rubescens
(Deshayes, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Amphibulima (Rhodonyx) rubescens (Deshayes, 1830 )
  • Succinea rubescens Deshayes, 1830

Rhodonyx rubescens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae. It is the only species in the genus Rhodonyx.

Distribution

Rhodonyx rubescens has been reported by various workers from Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Dominica and Martinique. It is assumed now that this taxon is endemic to Martinique and all other reports are misidentifications.

References

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