Subulina octona - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Subulina octona is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

, a terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Subulinidae

Subulinidae

Subulinidae is a family of small tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinoidea.- Anatomy :...

Distribution

The native distribution of this species includes:

Caribbean
Cuba

This species has been introduced to and become established in:

Tanzania
Dominica
Czech Republic as a "hothouse alien"
Great Britain as a "hothouse alien"
Pratas Islands
Pratas Islands
The Pratas Islands or Dongsha Islands consists of three islands forming from an atoll located in northeastern South China Sea, southeast of Hong Kong. The islands are governed by the Republic of China . The People's Republic of China claims sovereignty over these islands along with all other...

, Taiwan
...

Parasites

Subulina octona serves as an intermediate host for:

Postharmostomum gallinum
Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Distribution

Parasites

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