The Liguus of Cuba, adjacent Keys
and Isle of Pines

This is a photo and information page for the Liguus flammellus 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 flammellus spp.

The locality of the flammellus is at the westernmost province of the island, Pinar del Rio,
specifically in the Valle de Viñales. The valley has unique rocky outcroppings called mogote.
The mogote is like a small island reaching up from the valley floor. Some of the vegetation and
animal life are endemic to the mogotes. Some fauna is endemic to only one mogote, this includes
some of the molluscan fauna. Most if not all the mogotes are named after farms, people, etc.

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

Liguus flammellus flammellus Clench 1934 -
Type locality: Mogote de Rojas, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard) MCZ 80,924.
Description: Clench, 1934, Occ. Papers, Boston Soc. of Natl. Hist., Vol 8:119, plt 6, fig 7.

Liguus flammellus bermudezi Clench 1934 -
Type locality: Mogote La Gueca, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard) MCZ 80,945.
Description: Clench, 1934, Occ. Papers, Boston Soc. of Natl. Hist., Vol 8:122, plt 6, fig 2.

Liguus flammellus carbonarius Clench 1934 -
Type locality: Mogote de Pita, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard) MCZ 80,933.
Description: Clench, 1934, Occ. Papers, Boston Soc. of Natl. Hist., Vol 8:121, plt 6, fig 3.

Liguus flammellus cervus Clench 1934 -
Type locality: Mogote de Vigil, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard) MCZ 80,935.
Description: Clench, 1934, Occ. Papers, Boston Soc. of Natl. Hist., Vol 8:120, plt 6, fig 4.

Liguus flammellus cubensis Clench 1934 -
Type locality: Mogote La Gueca, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard) MCZ 80,951.
Description: Clench, 1934, Occ. Papers, Boston Soc. of Natl. Hist., Vol 8:123, plt 6, fig 1.

Liguus flammellus organensis Clench 1934 -
Type locality: Ensenada del Valle, El Queque, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard) MCZ 80,958.
Description: Clench, 1934, Occ. Papers, Boston Soc. of Natl. Hist., Vol 8:124, plt 6, fig 8.

Liguus flammellus russelli Clench 1935 -
Type locality: Mogote Mina Constancia, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard) MCZ 82,980.
Description: Clench, 1935, The Nautilus, Vol 48:125, plt 7, fig 2.

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