Bulimulus tortuganus
| Bulimulus tortuganus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Orthalicidae |
| Subfamily: | Bulimulinae |
| Genus: | Bulimulus |
| Species: | B. tortuganus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulimulus tortuganus (Dall, 1893) | |
Bulimulus tortuganus is a 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.
References
- Parent, C. 2003. Bulimulus tortuganus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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