Bulimulus sp. nov. 'nilsodhneri'

Bulimulus sp. nov. "nilsodhneri"
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Orthalicidae
Subfamily:	Bulimulinae
Genus:	Bulimulus
Species:	B. sp. nov. 'nilsodhneri'
Binomial name
*Bulimulus sp. nov. 'nilsodhneri'*

Bulimulus sp. nov. "nilsodhneri" is an undescribed species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.

This species is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The specific name nilsodhneri is apparently in honor of Swedish malacologist Nils Hjalmar Odhner.

References

↑ Parent C. (2003). Bulimulus sp. nov. 'nilsodhneri'. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.

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