Sultana sultana
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Orthalicidae |
| Genus: | Sultana |
| Species: | S. sultana
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Sultana sultana is a species from the genus Sultana.[1][2]
This species was first described by Lewis Weston Dillwyn in 1817.[3]
Description
Sultana sultana is a land snail. It has a shell height of 87.4 and a diameter 54.5 mm.[4][5]
Habitat and range
This species occurs widely across South America, findings have been documented in Panama,[4] Colombia,[4][6] Ecuador,[4] Peru,[4] Bolivia,[4] Brazil ,[4][7] French Guiana,[4][8] and Suriname.[4][9] Recent observations through citizen science apps, confirm these documented recordings.[1][3]
It has an habitat at low altitude and in moist forests.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sultana sultana" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/559220-Sultana-sultana.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Sultana sultana (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442167 on 2021-03-05
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019) (in en), GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, GBIF Secretariat, doi:10.15468/39omei, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c, retrieved 2021-02-27
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 , Wikidata Q24200380
- ↑ Neubert, Eike; Gosteli, Margret (2003). The molluscan species described by Robert James Shuttleworth. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. OCLC 80225611. http://worldcat.org/oclc/80225611.
- ↑ Linares EL, Vera ML (2012) Catálogo de los moluscos continentales de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, 360 pp.
- ↑ Simone LRL (2006) Land and freshwater molluscs of Brazil. EGB/Fapesp, São Paulo, 390 pp.
- ↑ Massemin D, Lamy D, Pointier J-P, Gargominy O (2009) Coquillages et escargots de Guyane. Seashells and snails from French Guiana. Biotope, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, 456 pp.
- ↑ Altena CO van Regteren (1975) Land Gastropoda of Surinam, with the description of a new species of Nesopupa. Basteria 39: 29–60.
- Massemin D., Lamy D., Pointier J.P. & Gargominy O. (2009). Coquillages et escargots de Guyane. Mèze: Biotope. 456 pp.
External links
- Dillwyn L.W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London: John and Arthur Arch. Vol. 1: 1-580; Vol. 2: 581-1092 + index
- Shuttleworth, R. J. (1856). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Mollusken. Notitiae Malacologicae. 1: 1-90, pls 1–9.
- Preston, H.B. (1914). New non-marine Mollusca from Peru and Argentina. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (8) 13 (77): 522-528. London.
- Breure, A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila, V. (2016). Synopsis of Central Andean orthalicoid land snails (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora), excluding Bulimulidae. ZooKeys. 588: 1-199
Wikidata ☰ Q104151388 entry
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