| Bulimulus diaphanus | |
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| Shell of Bulimulus diaphanus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bulimulidae |
| Genus: | Bulimulus |
| Species: | B. diaphanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulimulus diaphanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) | |
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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
- Saint Barts
- Saint Kitts
- Barbuda
- Antigua
- Guadeloupe
- Les Saintes
- Dominica - The first record for Dominica of this taxon has been in 2009. 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).
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulus diaphanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350426 on 2020-06-23
- ^ 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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- 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.
- Potiez, V.L. L. & Michaud, A. L. G., 1838 Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Douai, vol. I, p. 560 pp
- Breure, A. S. H., 1976. Types of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 233 "1975": 1137-1187, sér. ser.3, part. Zoologie
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| Bulimulus diaphanus | |
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