Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Orthalicoidea Subfamily Bulimulinae Scientific name Bulimulus guadalupensis Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Orthalicidae Genus Bulimulus Phylum Mollusca | |
Similar Bulimulus, Zachrysia provisoria, Drymaeus, Drymaeus multilineatus, Zachrysia |
Bulimulus guadalupensis is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.
The specific name guadalupensis refers to the West Indian island of Guadeloupe.
Distribution
Bulimulus guadalupensis probably originated in the Windward Islands (Breure, 1974). Now it is distributed throughout the Caribbean Basin, including Florida.
References
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