Bulimulus diaphanus
| Bulimulus diaphanus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Orthalicidae |
| Subfamily: | Bulimulinae |
| Genus: | Bulimulus |
| Species: | B. diaphanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulimulus diaphanus | |
Bulimulus diaphanus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.
Subspecies
Distribution
Distribution of Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus include Lesser Antilles:
- Saint Martin[1]
- Saint Barts[1]
- Saint Kitts[1]
- Barbuda[1]
- Antigua[1]
- Guadeloupe[1]
- Les Saintes[1]
- Dominica[1] - The first record for Dominica of this taxon has been in 2009.[1] It is possible that Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus was introduced to Dominica from one of the more northerly islands, where it was listed by Breure (1974).[1][2]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
- ↑ Breure A. S. H. (1974). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, I. Bulimulus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 45: 1-80, figs. 1-80, pls 1-7, tables 1-17.
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