Sultana sultana explained

Sultana sultana is a species of snail from the genus Sultana.^{[1] [2]}

This species was first described by Lewis Weston Dillwyn in 1817.

Description

Sultana sultana is a land snail. It has a shell height of 87.4 and a diameter 54.5 mm.^[3]

Habitat and range

This species occurs widely across South America, findings have been documented in Panama,^[4] Colombia,^[5] Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil,^[6] French Guiana,^[7] and Suriname.^[8] Recent observations through citizen science apps, confirm these documented recordings.

It has an habitat at low altitude and in moist forests.

References

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sultana sultana . iNaturalist . 2021-02-27 . en.
2. 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. Book: Eike. Neubert. Margret. Gosteli. The molluscan species described by Robert James Shuttleworth. 2003. Naturhistorisches Museum Bern. 80225611.
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5. Linares EL, Vera ML (2012) Catálogo de los moluscos continentales de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, 360 pp.
6. Simone LRL (2006) Land and freshwater molluscs of Brazil. EGB/Fapesp, São Paulo, 390 pp.
7. 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.
8. Altena CO van Regteren (1975) Land Gastropoda of Surinam, with the description of a new species of Nesopupa. Basteria 39: 29–60.