The Liguus of Cuba, adjacent Keys
and Isle of Pines

This is a photo and information page for the Liguus blainianus ssp. of Cuba.
The listed subspecies do not all have available photos at the moment, they will
have verified photos if I can find specimens to photograph. Some
may have been synonymized or have become "nomen nudum".

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Discussion of the Liguus blainianus spp.

The locality of the blainianus is in an area that straddles the provinces of
Habana and Pinar del Rio, the snails are found in pockets of remnant forest.

The following is a synopsis of information on the type species and each of the
nine subspecies of these Liguus; type locality, holotype or paratype depository
and publication of description.

Liguus blainianus blainianus Poey 1851-
Type locality: Loma de Rangel, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba.
Holotype: Whereabouts not known
Description: Poey, 1851, Memorias Sobre la Historia Natural de la Isla de Cuba,
Vol I : 206, plate 12, fig 4-6. (Achatina blainianus)

Liguus blainianus fairchildi Clench 1934 -
Type locality: Road between Habana (city) and Santiago de las Vegas,
Habana Province, Cuba
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard) MCZ 91,907
Description: Clench, 1934, Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History,
8 :117, plate 7, fig 4.

Liguus blainianus giganteus (Sanchez Roig) 1951 -
Type locality: Finca Sotolongo, Guira de Melena, Habana Province, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Sanchez Roig, No. 1,079, whereabouts/status not known.
Description: Sanchez Roig, 1951, Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica
"Carlos de la Torre", Vol 8(1) : 30-31, plate 4,fig 5 (L. murreus giganteus)

Liguus blainianus guanensis Jaume 1954 -
Type locality: Sierra de Guane (Cueva del Obispo), Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba.
Holotype: Jaume collection, No. (no known), whereabouts/status not known
Description: Jaume, 1954, Circulares del Museo y Bibiloteca Zoologica de la
Habana, (Sept-Oct), pg 1382.

Liguus blainianus guillermi Guitart 1943 -
Type locality: Horno de Cal de Guara, Habana Province, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Guitart, whereabouts/status not known.
Description: Guitart, 1943, Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica
"Carlos de la Torre", Vol 1 : 83, text & fig

Liguus blainianus husilloensis (Sanchez Roig) 1951 -
Type locality: El Husillo, Marianao, Habana Province, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Sanchez Roig, whereabouts/status not known.
Description: Sanchez Roig, 1951, Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica
"Carlos de la Torre", Vol 8(1) : 32, text & fig (L. murreus husilloensis)

Liguus blainianus jaumei Clench & Aguayo 1932 -
Type locality: On road between Mangas and Candelaria, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard), MCZ (No. not known)
Description: Clench & Aguayo, 1932, The Nautilus, 45 : 99, plate 6, fig 10.

Liguus blainianus minutus (Sanchez Roig) 1951 -
Type locality: Puente de la Lisa, Marianao, Habana Province, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Sanchez Roig, whereabouts/status not known.
Description: Sanchez Roig, 1951, Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica
"Carlos de la Torre", Vol 8(1) : 32, text & fig (L. murreus minutus)

Liguus blainianus picturatus (Sanchez Roig) 1951 -
Type locality: Small forests at the rear of the farm property occupied by the
Instituto Civica Militar, Ceiba del Agua, Habana Province, Cuba.
Holotype: Collection Sanchez Roig, whereabouts/status not known.
Description: Sanchez Roig, 1951, Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica
"Carlos de la Torre", Vol 8(1) : 32, text & fig (L. murreus picturatus)

Liguus blainianus pilsbryi Clench 1935 -
Type locality: Campo de Tiro (shooting range), 7km north of Fierro,
Santa Cruz de los Pinos, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard), MCZ 94,213
Description: Clench, 1935, The Nautilus, 48 :123, plate 7, fig 1.

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