A new species of Cuban land mollusk of the genus Caracolus Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pleurodontidae)
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A new species of Cuban land mollusk of the genus Caracolus Montfort, 1810, from Sierra de Nipe, Holguín, Cuba is described. Description, comparative diagnosis etymology, and shell figures and living animal are showed. The morphological likeness and differences among similar species of the genus are commented.
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Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae, Caracolus, new species, Cuba
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Aguayo, C. G. 1961. Notas sobre moluscos terrestres antillanos I. Caribbean Journal of Science, 1 (4): 43.
Arango y Molina, R. 1878-1880. Contribución a la fauna malacológica cubana. Montiel y Cía., La Habana, 35 + 280 pp.
Barstch, P. 1918. A New West Indian Fossil Land Shell. Proceeding of the United States National Museum, 54 (2254): 605-606.
Bishop, M. J. 1979. A new species of Caracolus (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) from the Oligocene of Nebraska and their biotic history of the American camaenid land snails. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 67: 269–284.
Bouchet, P. y J. P. Rocroi. 2005. Part 1. Nomenclator of Gastropod Family-Group Names. En: Classification and Nomenclator of Gatropod Families (P. Bouchet, y J. P. Rocroi, editores). Malacologia, 47(1-2): 5-239.
Clench, W. J. y C. G. Aguayo. 1951. Novedades en el género Caracolus en Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, Vol. 20 (2): 65-69 + 2 láms.
Cuezzo, M. G. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of the Camaenidae (Mollusca: Stylommatophora) with special emphasis on the American taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, 449–476 + 8 figs.
Delannoye, R., L. Charles, J. P. Pointier y D. Massemin. 2015. Mollusques continentaux de la Martinique. Non-marine Molluscs of Martinique, Lesser Antilles. Muséum national d›Histoire naturelle, Paris. Biotope, Mèze, 328 pp. (Inventaires & biodiversité; 10).
Espinosa, J. y J. Ortea. 2009. Moluscos terrestres de Cuba. UPC Print, Vasa, Finlandia, 191 pp.
Fernández, A., S. Franke, J. Espinosa, E. Reyes, S. Sigarreta, A. Matos y Y. Rodríguez. 2015. Moluscos terrestres (Mollusca: Gastropoda) en Sierra de Nipe y alturas adyacentes, Cuba. Solenodon, 12: 38-56.
González Guillén, A. 2008. Cuba, the landshells paradise. Greta Editores, España, 306 pp.
Grana, F. 2007. Nomenclatura de los organismos acuáticos y marinos de Puerto Rico e Islas Vírgenes. Vol 6: Moluscos de Puerto Rico e Islas Vírgenes. Parte 5.Clase Gastropoda, Orden pulmonata. 35 pp. Obtenible en: http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/ tecnicas/molusc05.pdf.
Pérez, A. y J. Espinosa. 1993. Catálogo, claves y bibliografía de la familia Camaenidae (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) en Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical, 41: 667–681.
Pilsbry, H. 1890.(in Tryon-Pilsbry). Manual of Conchology, 2: 177.
Pilsbry, H. 1894. Manual of conchology: structural and systematic. IX: Guide to the study of helices. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, págs. vii-xlviii.
Pilsbry, H. A. 1929. New Cuban species of Caracolus. The Nautilus, 42 (3): 78-80, plate 4, figs. 1-3.
Pilsbry, H. 1939. Land Mollusca of North America. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monographs 3, Vol. I. Part I, 1–573.
Pfeiffer, L. 1868. Monographia Heliceorum viventium: sistens descriptions systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. V: 1- 565.
Robinson, D. G., A. Hovestadt, A. Fields y A. S. H. Breure. 2009. The land Mollusca of Dominica, Lesser Antilles. Zool. Med. Leiden, 83: 615-650.
Roth, B. 1988. Camaenid land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Eocene of southern California and their bearing on the history of the American Camaenidae. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 21: 203–220.
Webb, G. R. 1970. Pulmonata Camaenidae: Comparative Sexology and Genital Development of Caracolus carocolla (L.), C. marginela (Gmelin) and Polydontes lima (Ferussac). Gastropodia, 1: 8, págs. 79-84.
Webb, G. R. 1974. Part 2: Pulmonata Camaenidae: Comparative Sexology and Genital Development of Caracolus carocolla (L.), C. marginela (Gmelin) and Polydontes lima (Ferussac). Gastropodia, 1: 9, págs. 90-95.
Wetherbee, D. K. y W. J. Clench. 1987. Catalog of the terrestrial and fluviatile mollusk fauna of Hispaniola, and a history of early Hispaniolan Malacology. 89 pp.
Wurtz, C. B. 1955. The American Camaenidae.Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia CVII, 99-143 + 19 plates.
Aguayo, C. G. 1961. Notas sobre moluscos terrestres antillanos I. Caribbean Journal of Science, 1 (4): 43.
Arango y Molina, R. 1878-1880. Contribución a la fauna malacológica cubana. Montiel y Cía., La Habana, 35 + 280 pp.
Barstch, P. 1918. A New West Indian Fossil Land Shell. Proceeding of the United States National Museum, 54 (2254): 605-606.
Bishop, M. J. 1979. A new species of Caracolus (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) from the Oligocene of Nebraska and their biotic history of the American camaenid land snails. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 67: 269–284.
Bouchet, P. y J. P. Rocroi. 2005. Part 1. Nomenclator of Gastropod Family-Group Names. En: Classification and Nomenclator of Gatropod Families (P. Bouchet, y J. P. Rocroi, editores). Malacologia, 47(1-2): 5-239.
Clench, W. J. y C. G. Aguayo. 1951. Novedades en el género Caracolus en Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, Vol. 20 (2): 65-69 + 2 láms.
Cuezzo, M. G. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of the Camaenidae (Mollusca: Stylommatophora) with special emphasis on the American taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 138, 449–476 + 8 figs.
Delannoye, R., L. Charles, J. P. Pointier y D. Massemin. 2015. Mollusques continentaux de la Martinique. Non-marine Molluscs of Martinique, Lesser Antilles. Muséum national d›Histoire naturelle, Paris. Biotope, Mèze, 328 pp. (Inventaires & biodiversité; 10).
Espinosa, J. y J. Ortea. 2009. Moluscos terrestres de Cuba. UPC Print, Vasa, Finlandia, 191 pp.
Fernández, A., S. Franke, J. Espinosa, E. Reyes, S. Sigarreta, A. Matos y Y. Rodríguez. 2015. Moluscos terrestres (Mollusca: Gastropoda) en Sierra de Nipe y alturas adyacentes, Cuba. Solenodon, 12: 38-56.
González Guillén, A. 2008. Cuba, the landshells paradise. Greta Editores, España, 306 pp.
Grana, F. 2007. Nomenclatura de los organismos acuáticos y marinos de Puerto Rico e Islas Vírgenes. Vol 6: Moluscos de Puerto Rico e Islas Vírgenes. Parte 5.Clase Gastropoda, Orden pulmonata. 35 pp. Obtenible en: http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/ tecnicas/molusc05.pdf.
Pérez, A. y J. Espinosa. 1993. Catálogo, claves y bibliografía de la familia Camaenidae (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) en Cuba. Revista de Biología Tropical, 41: 667–681.
Pilsbry, H. 1890.(in Tryon-Pilsbry). Manual of Conchology, 2: 177.
Pilsbry, H. 1894. Manual of conchology: structural and systematic. IX: Guide to the study of helices. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, págs. vii-xlviii.
Pilsbry, H. A. 1929. New Cuban species of Caracolus. The Nautilus, 42 (3): 78-80, plate 4, figs. 1-3.
Pilsbry, H. 1939. Land Mollusca of North America. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monographs 3, Vol. I. Part I, 1–573.
Pfeiffer, L. 1868. Monographia Heliceorum viventium: sistens descriptions systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. V: 1- 565.
Robinson, D. G., A. Hovestadt, A. Fields y A. S. H. Breure. 2009. The land Mollusca of Dominica, Lesser Antilles. Zool. Med. Leiden, 83: 615-650.
Roth, B. 1988. Camaenid land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Eocene of southern California and their bearing on the history of the American Camaenidae. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 21: 203–220.
Webb, G. R. 1970. Pulmonata Camaenidae: Comparative Sexology and Genital Development of Caracolus carocolla (L.), C. marginela (Gmelin) and Polydontes lima (Ferussac). Gastropodia, 1: 8, págs. 79-84.
Webb, G. R. 1974. Part 2: Pulmonata Camaenidae: Comparative Sexology and Genital Development of Caracolus carocolla (L.), C. marginela (Gmelin) and Polydontes lima (Ferussac). Gastropodia, 1: 9, págs. 90-95.
Wetherbee, D. K. y W. J. Clench. 1987. Catalog of the terrestrial and fluviatile mollusk fauna of Hispaniola, and a history of early Hispaniolan Malacology. 89 pp.
Wurtz, C. B. 1955. The American Camaenidae.Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia CVII, 99-143 + 19 plates.
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Espinosa, J., Fernández-Velázquez, A., & Ortea, J. (2016). A new species of Cuban land mollusk of the genus Caracolus Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pleurodontidae). Novitates Caribaea, (10), 23–30. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i10.15
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