Bulimulus limnoides is a

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air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod

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in the subfamily

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Distribution

Distribution of ''Bulimulus limnoides'' include: *

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* Dominica - Breure (1974),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. after having compared the type material of ''Bulimulus limnoides'' in the

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, Paris, France, placed the Dominican taxon in the synonymy of Férussac’s species. Apart from the locality given by

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(1884), Angas G. F. (1884). "On the terrestrial Mollusca of Dominica, collected during a recent visit to that island". ''

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'' 1883: 594-597, figs 1-3. the first precise records of this species from the island have been published in 2009. *

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* ? Saint Vincent

Ecology

Living specimens were found on small

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in Dominica.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference 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". ''

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'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 {{Taxonbar, from=Q4996429 Bulimulus Gastropods described in 1832