They are found on the main island, Isla de la Juventud, the Sabana archipelago, the Doce Laqunas archipelago and many of the other islands and cays of the Cuban archipelago.
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Although they are common and there is no immediate concern over the species' survival, a population from East Plan Cay has been relocated to the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park to ensure their long-term survival.
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Rissoa Freminville in Desmarest, 1814: a genus of gastropods
Thierry Desmarest (born 1940), French chairman of petroleum group Total S.A.
Eugène Anselme Sébastien Léon Desmarest (1816–1889) was a French zoologist and entomologist son of Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1734–1838).
Desmarest - under his own name which survive, and also some, more scandalously, for Nicolas Goupillet, which are lost.