Bulimulus limnoides

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Bulimulus limnoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Bulimulus
Species:
B. limnoides
Binomial name
Bulimulus limnoides
(Férussac, 1832)
Synonyms [1]

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

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Apertural view of the shell of Bulimulus limnoides Bulimulus limnoides shell.png
Apertural view of the shell of Bulimulus limnoides

Distribution

Distribution of Bulimulus limnoides include:

Ecology

Living specimens were found on small shrubs in Dominica. [1]

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References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Breure A. S. H. (1974). "Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae, I. Bulimulus". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands45: 1-80, figs. 1-80, pls 1-7, tables 1-17.
  3. ↑ Angas G. F. (1884). "On the terrestrial Mollusca of Dominica, collected during a recent visit to that island". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 594-597, figs 1-3.
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