Bulimulus guadalupensis
| Bulimulus guadalupensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Orthalicidae |
| Subfamily: | Bulimulinae |
| Genus: | Bulimulus |
| Species: | B. guadalupensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulimulus guadalupensis (Bruguière, 1789) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bulimulus guadalupensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.
The specific name guadalupensis refers to the West Indian island of Guadeloupe.
Distribution
Bulimulus guadalupensis probably originated in the Windward Islands (Breure, 1974).[2][1] Now it is distributed throughout the Caribbean Basin, including Florida.[1]
- Dominica - introduced[1] It is a highly variable species, which was recorded by Breure (1974)[2] from one locality only: Roseau, Botanical Gardens. Angas (1884)[3] reports it as “abundant on the lower slopes”.[1] It is widely distributed in disturbed habitats throughout lowland Dominica.[1]
- Guadeloupe - introduced[1]
- Martinique - introduced[1]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Angas G. F. (1884). "On the terrestrial Mollusca of Dominica, collected during a recent visit to that island". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 594-597, figs 1-3.
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