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 flammellus subspecies are restricted to remnant forests of the "Mogotes" and nearby hills
of Pinar del Rio province.

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 Viņales. 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 Viņales, 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 Viņales, 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 Viņales, 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 Viņales, 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 Viņales, 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 Viņales, 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.
Comment: The L.f. organensis shown above is a specimen from the Ex - W.J. Shay collection
at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. Special thanks to MCZ (Harvard) and
Mr. Adam J. Baldinger, Curatorial Associate in Malacology at MCZ, for the loan of the specimens.

Liguus flammellus russelli Clench 1935 -
Type locality: Mogote Mina Constancia, Valle de Viņales, 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.