Subulina octona

Subulina octona is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.^[1]

A shell of Subulina octona from Bermuda. The shell is transparent and colorless at first, but after death it rapidly becomes opaque.

Five live individuals of Subulina octona on a wet washcloth. Nevis, West Indies. The yellow coloration is due to the soft parts showing through the transparent and colorless shell.

Subulina octona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Achatinina
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Genus:	Subulina
Species:	S. octona
Binomial name
Subulina octona (Bruguière, 1789)

Distribution

The native distribution of this species includes:

• Caribbean
• Cuba^[2]
• Venezuela^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

This species has been introduced to and become established in:

• Tanzania^[8]
• Dominica^[9]
• Czech Republic as a "hothouse alien"^[10]
• Great Britain as a "hothouse alien"
• Pratas Island, Taiwan^[11]
• and other areas

Parasites

Subulina octona serves as an intermediate host for:

• Postharmostomum gallinum^[10]
• Angiostrongylus cantonensis^[10]
• Platynosomum illiciens (syn.: P. fastosum)^[12]

See also

• List of introduced molluscs species of Venezuela
• List of molluscs of Falcón state, Venezuela
• List of non-marine molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela