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''Bulimulus'' is a
genus
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of small to medium-sized
tropical
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or sub-tropical, air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the subfamily
Bulimulinae
Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulidae Tr ...
within the family
Bulimulidae
Bulimulidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, air-breathing, tropical and sub-tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Orthalicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulidae Tryon, ...
.
[Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". '' Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology'' 141 (1): 1-20. ][MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulus Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=861633 on 2020-06-21]
''Bulimulus'' is the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal f ...
of the subfamily Bulimulinae. The shells are high and conical, and are medium-sized, ranging from about 20 mm (0.8 inches) to about 50 mm (2 inches) long.
Species
Species in the genus ''Bulimulus'' include:
* ''
Bulimulus acholus'' Mabille, 1895;
* ''
Bulimulus albus'' (G. B. Sowerby, 1839)
* ''
Bulimulus angustus'' Weyrauch, 1966
* ''
Bulimulus apodemetes'' (Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Bulimulus aurismalchi'' (O. F. Müller, 1774)
* ''
Bulimulus bonariensis'' (Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Bulimulus bouvieri'' Dautzenberg, 1897
* ''
Bulimulus brunoi'' (Ihering, 1917)
* ''
Bulimulus buenavistensis'' Pilsbry, 1897
* ''
Bulimulus cacotycus'' Mabille, 1895
* ''
Bulimulus cacticolus'' (Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Bulimulus carmen'' Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1932
* ''
Bulimulus castelneaui'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Bulimulus catlowae'' (Pfeiffer, 1847)
* ''
Bulimulus coriaceus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
* ''
Bulimulus corderoi'' (Parodiz, 1962)
* ''
Bulimulus corneus'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* ''
Bulimulus corumbaensis'' (Pilsbry, 1857)
* ''
Bulimulus cuernavacensis'' Crosse & P. Fischer, 1874 (uncertain species)
** ''
Bulimulus dealbatus var. jonesi'' Clench, 1937
** ''
Bulimulus dealbatus neomexicanus'' Pilsbry, 1946
** ''
Bulimulus dealbatus ozarkensis'' Pilsbry & Ferris, 1906
** ''
Bulimulus dealbatus ragsdalei'' (Pilsbry, 1890)
* ''
Bulimulus diaphanus''
** ''Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)
* ''
Bulimulus dismenicus'' Mabille, 1895;
* ''
Bulimulus dukenfieldi'' Melvill, 1900
* ''
Bulimulus dysoni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Bulimulus eganus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Bulimulus elatior'' Hylton Scott, 1952
* ''
Bulimulus erectus'' (Reeve, 1849)
*''
Bulimulus fazendicus'' Maury, 1935 - Paleocene fossil
* ''
Bulimulus felipponei'' Marshall, 1930
* ''
Bulimulus fourmiersi'' (d'Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Bulimulus fraterculus'' (A. Férussac, 1821)
* ''
Bulimulus fuscus'' Guilding, 1828
* ''
Bulimulus gittenbergeri'' Breure, 1974
* ''
Bulimulus glandiniformis'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1892
* ''
Bulimulus gorritiensis'' Pilsbry, 1897
* ''
Bulimulus gracilis'' Hylton Scott, 1948
* ''
Bulimulus guadalupensis'' (Bruguière, 1789)
**
Bulimulus guadalupensis shadowei (Herrera, 2020)
* ''
Bulimulus hamiltoni'' (Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Bulimulus haplochrous'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* ''
Bulimulus hummelincki'' (Breure, 1974)
* ''
Bulimulus inermis'' (Morelet, 1851)
* ''
Bulimulus inutilis'' (Reeve, 1850)
* ''
Bulimulus irregularis'' (Pfeiffer, 1847)
* ''
Bulimulus juvenilis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
* † ''
Bulimulus klappenbachi'' (Parodiz, 1969)
* ''
Bulimulus krebsianus'' Pilsbry, 1897
* ''
Bulimulus lehmanni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1865)
* ''
Bulimulus lherminieri'' (P. Fischer, 1857)
* ''
Bulimulus limnoides'' (Férussac, 1832)
* ''
Bulimulus marcidus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Bulimulus mollicellus'' (Reeve, 1849)
* ''
Bulimulus mooreanus'' L. Pfeiffer, 1868
* ''
Bulimulus nigromontanus'' Dall, 1897
* ''
Bulimulus ouallensis'' Breure & Hovestadt, 2016
* ''
Bulimulus ovulum'' (Reeve, 1844)
* ''
Bulimulus pasonis'' Pilsbry, 1902
* ''
Bulimulus pervius'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
* ''
Bulimulus pliculatus'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Bulimulus pliculosus'' (Ancey, 1901) (''
taxon inquirendum
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The term t ...
'')
* ''
Bulimulus prosopidis'' Holmberg, 1912
* ''
Bulimulus pubescens'' (Moricand, 1836)
* ''
Bulimulus quitensis'' (Pfeiffer, 1847)
* ''
Bulimulus prosopidis'' Holmberg, 1912
* ''
Bulimulus recognitus'' Mabille, 1895
* ''
Bulimulus regina''
(T.E. Bowdich ex A.E.J. Férussac, 1822)
* ''
Bulimulus rushii'' (Pilsbry, 1896)
* ''
Bulimulus sanmarcosensis'' Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1932
* ''
Bulimulus sarcodes'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''
Bulimulus schadei'' Schlesch, 1935
* ''
Bulimulus schiedeanus'' (Pfeiffer, 1841)
** ''
Bulimulus schiedeanus pecosensis'' Pilsbry & Ferris 1906
* ''
Bulimulus sepulchralis'' Poey, 1852
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. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
* ''
Bulimulus slevini''
Hanna, 1923
* ''
Bulimulus subspirifer'' Mabille, 1895
* ''
Bulimulus sula'' Simone & Amaral, 2018
* ''
Bulimulus tenuissimus'' (Orbigny, 1835)
* ''
Bulimulus transparens'' (Reeve, 1849)
*''
Bulimulus trindadeae'' Ferreira & Coelho, 1971 - Paleocene fossil
* ''
Bulimulus turritellatus'' Beck, 1837
* ''
Bulimulus turritus'' (Broderip, 1832)
* ''
Bulimulus unicolor
''Bulimulus'' is a genus of small to medium-sized tropical or sub-tropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae within the family Bulimulidae.Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support an ...
'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
* ''
Bulimulus uniplicatus''
(Férussac, 1827)
* ''
Bulimulus versicolor'' (Jan, 1832)
* ''
Bulimulus vesicalis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
** ''
Bulimulus vesicalis uruguayanus'' (Pilsbry, 1897)
* ''
Bulimulus wiebesi'' Breure, 1974
;Synonyms:
* ''Bulimulus dealbatus'' (Say, 1821): synonym of ''
Rabdotus dealbatus'' (Say, 1821)
* ''Bulimulus inconspicuus'' Haas, 1949:
synonym of ''
Drymaeus inconspicuus'' (Haas, 1949) (original combination)
* ''Bulimulus pilsbryi'' Ferris 1925: synonym of ''
Rabdotus pilsbryi'' (Ferriss, 1925)
* ''Bulimulus sporadicus'' (Orbigny, 1835): synonym of ''
Bulimulus bonariensis'' (Rafinesque, 1833)
* ''Bulimulus trindadensis'' Breure & Coelho, 1976 is a synonym for ''
Vegrandinia trindadensis'' (Breure & Coelho, 1976) within Subulinidae.
References
External links
tree snails of Florida, ''Bulimulus'' spp.on the
UF /
IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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