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Bulimulus diaphanus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Orthalicidae

Scientific name
  
Bulimulus diaphanus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Orthalicoidea

Subfamily
  
Bulimulinae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Streptostele musaecola, Amphicyclotulus, Huttonella bicolor, Pisidium punctiferum, Lucidella

Bulimulus diaphanus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.

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Subspecies

  • Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)

    • 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

    Bulimulus diaphanus Wikipedia
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