| Buliminus labrosus | |
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| A group of shells of Buliminus labrosus | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | B. labrosus |
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| Buliminus labrosus | |
Buliminus labrosus, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.
This species occurs in:
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