A Review of the Land Snails of Mona Island, West Indies

Authors

  • Fred G. Thompson Florida Museum of Natural History

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58782/flmnh.kvlj4884

Abstract

The fauna consists of 24 species and subspecies. Nine taxa are endemic to the island, four are related to species on Puerto Rico, and three are related to species on Hispaniola. The biogeographic relationships of two are less clear. Thirteen species are regarded as introduced. The remaining nonendemic native species show mixed affinities with Puerto Rican and Hispaniolan taxa.

The following new taxa are described from Mona Island: Stoastomops grada new species, Varicella (Sigmataxis) nesiotes new species, Microceramus stenegrus new species, Hojeda insularis eurytrema new subspecies, and Plagioptycha musicola fortisculpta new subspecies. Hojeda i. insularis new species is described from the satellite island of Monita. The following is a new name combination: Drymaeus virgulatus beattyi for D. elongatus beattyi Clench.

Journal cover with title Bulletin of the Florida State Museum of Biological Sciences

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Published

1987-01-30

How to Cite

Thompson, F. (1987). A Review of the Land Snails of Mona Island, West Indies. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 31(2), 69–106. https://doi.org/10.58782/flmnh.kvlj4884

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Vol. 31 No. 2 (1987): A Review of the Land Snails of Mona Island, West Indies

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