Bulimulus diaphanus

Bulimulus diaphanus
	Shell of Bulimulus diaphanus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bulimulidae
Subfamily:	Bulimulinae
Genus:	Bulimulus
Species:	B. diaphanus
Binomial name
	Bulimulus diaphanus;
Synonyms
	Bulimulus diaphanus tenuissimus (Férussac, 1832); Bulimus diaphanus L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original combination); Helix tenuissima Férussac, 1832;

Bulimulus diaphanus is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae. [1]

Subspecies

Distribution of Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus include Lesser Antilles:

Saint Martin[2]
Saint Barts[2]
Saint Kitts[2]
Barbuda[2]
Antigua[2]
Guadeloupe[2]
Les Saintes[2]
Dominica[2] - The first record for Dominica of this taxon has been in 2009.[2] 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).[2][3]

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference [2]

MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulimulus diaphanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350426 on 2020-06-23
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
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.

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

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