Lucidella [SEP] parent taxon
Lucidella
Lucidella is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Distribution.
Distribution of the genus include Central America and Caribbean:
- Dominica - one undescribed species
- Jamaica - 12 species
- Cuba - 4 species: "Lucidella granulum", "Lucidella granum", "Lucidella rugosa", "Lucidella tantilla".
- Dominican Republic - 1 specie:Lucidella beatensis
- Haiti - At least three undetermined species.
- From Mexico to
this taxon remains uncertain. Brown’s report (Brown, 1881) might be a misidentification of "Helicina guppyi" Pease, 1871.
- "Lucidella plicatula" (L. Pfeiffer, 1849) – This helicinid has been reported from throughout the West Indies. However, the Dominican "Lucidella" is clearly different.
- "Amphicyclotulus schrammi" (Shuttleworth, 1857) – Brown (1881) incorrectly synonymized the Dominican "Amphicyclotulus amethystinus" with the Guadeloupe taxon.
- "Succinea approximans" Shuttleworth, 1854 –