Biology:Bulimulus inconspicuus

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Bulimulus inconspicuus
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B. inconspicuus
Binomial name
Bulimulus inconspicuus
Haas, 1949[1]
Synonyms

Bulimulus (Bulimulus) inconspicuus Haas, 1949

Bulimulus inconspicuus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.

Distribution

Description

Adult specimens of Bulimulus inconspicuus can measure up to 25 mm shell height.[2] The species is characterized by the corneous-brown upper whorls and the suture, which is bordered by a white line, descending slightly in front.[2]

Haas (1949)[1] compared this species to Bulimulus transparens (Reeve, 1849), stating that his material was slightly smaller (17 vs. 19 mm shell height).[2] The type material of Bulimulus transparens is in the Natural History Museum (BMNH 1975397) and is labelled ‘Venezuela’ (Breure, 1978: 147).[2][3] If this locality is correct, a close relationship as suggested by Haas seems improbable.[2]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haas F. (1949). "Land and freshwater mollusks from Peru". Fieldiana Zoology 31: 235-250. page 236, fig. 50a.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Breure A. S. H. & Mogollón Avila V. (2010). "Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Zoologische Mededelingen 84. HTM .
  3. Breure A. S. H. (1978). "Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 164: 1-255.

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