Biology:Bulimulus diaphanus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Bulimulus diaphanus
Bulimulus diaphanus (MNHN-IM-2000-28050).jpeg
Shell of Bulimulus diaphanus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Bulimulus
Species:
B. diaphanus
Binomial name
Bulimulus diaphanus
(L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Bulimulus diaphanus tenuissimus (Férussac, 1832)
  • Bulimus diaphanus L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original combination)
  • Helix tenuissima Férussac, 1832

Bulimulus diaphanus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.[1]

Subspecies

  • Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)[2]

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]

  1. 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
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 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
  3. 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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