Bulimulus diaphanus
Bulimulus diaphanus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.
Subspecies
- Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)
Distribution
Distribution of Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus include Lesser Antilles:
- Saint Martin
- Saint Barts
- Saint Kitts
- Barbuda
- Antigua
- Guadeloupe
- Les Saintes
- Dominica - The first record for Dominica of this taxon has been in 2009. 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).
References
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- 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