Bulimulus diaphanus
Species of gastropod
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bulimulus diaphanus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.[1]
.jpeg)
| Bulimulus diaphanus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Shell of Bulimulus diaphanus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bulimulidae |
| Genus: | Bulimulus |
| Species: | B. diaphanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulimulus diaphanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Subspecies
Distribution
Distribution of Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus include Lesser Antilles:
- Saint Martin[2]
- Saint Barts[2]
- Saint Kitts[2]
- Barbuda[2]
- Antigua[2]
- Guadeloupe[2]
- Les Saintes[2]
- Dominica[2] - The first record for Dominica of this taxon has been in 2009.[2] 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).[2][3]
