Tamayoa decolorata

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Tamayoa decolorata

A live individual of Tamayoa decolorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Scolodontina
Family:	Scolodontidae
Genus:	Tamayoa
Species:	T. decolorata
Binomial name
*Tamayoa decolorata* (Drouët, 1859)

Tamayoa decolorata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Scolodontidae.

Distribution

The distribution of Tamayoa decolorata includes:

Jamaica^[1]
Guadeloupe^[1]
Dominica^[1] This species is probably an introduced one in Dominica, as it was found only in disturbed habitats.^[1]
Martinique^[2]
Barbados^[1]
Saint Vincent^[1]
Tobago^[1]
Trinidad^[1]
French Guiana^[1]
Brazil^[1]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference^[1]

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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
(1 January 2009). "2008 Collecting Trip in Martinique" Archived 2010-11-03 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 3 January 2011.