Bulimulus guadalupensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bulimulidae |
| Genus: | Bulimulus |
| Species: | B. guadalupensis
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| Bulimulus guadalupensis (Bruguière, 1789)
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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
[edit]Bulimulus guadalupensis probably originated in the Windward Islands (Breure, 1974).[2][1] Now it is distributed throughout the Caribbean Basin, including Florida.[1]
- Dominica - introduced[1] It is a highly variable species, which was recorded by Breure (1974)[2] from one locality only: Roseau, Botanical Gardens. Angas (1884)[3] reports it as “abundant on the lower slopes”.[1] It is widely distributed in disturbed habitats throughout lowland Dominica.[1]
- Guadeloupe - introduced[1]
- Martinique - introduced[1]
References
[edit]This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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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