Bulimulus diaphanus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.[1]
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]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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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