Cerion disforme is a species of terrestrial gastropod in the family Cerionidae.[1] The nominal subspecies of C. disforme is endemic to various parapatric microhabitats associated with karst rocks and xerophytic palms and evergreen forest. C. disforme nodali however occurs in small dunes littered with rocky substrates, and also shares the evergreen forest ecotone with the nominal subspecies, in which it is found on leaves and branches. Despite sharing ecotones and various habits, there has been a significant divergence and speciation among the Holguín cerionids- within the vicinity of Morales Beach and Punta Manolito in the Ramón de Antillo Peninsula[2] there is one of the greatest concentrations of Cerion diversity in the Caribbean.[3]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | C. disforme
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| Cerion disforme Clench & Aguayo, 1946
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Distribution edit
Endemic to beaches in Holguín Province, Cuba.
References edit
- ^ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Cerion disforme". www.bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ González-Guillén, Adrián; Fernández-Velázquez, Alejandro; Lajonchere-Ponce de León, Luis A.; Berschauer, David P. (February 2017). "Narrow-range taxa of Cerion (Mollusca: Cerionidae)in the northeastern province of Cuba". The Festivus. 49: 3–17 – via ResearchGate
- ^ Galler, Lynne; Gould, Stephen Jay (June 1979). "The Morphology of a 'Hybrid Zone' in Cerion: Variation, Clines, and an Ontogenetic Relationship Between Two 'Species' in Cuba". Evolution. 33 (2): 714–727. doi:10.2307/2407793. JSTOR 2407793. PMID 28563947.