Bulimulus limnoides
Species of gastropod
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::summary Species of gastropod ::
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- Bulimus nichollsi Brown, 1881 nomen nudum
Bulimulus limnoides is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulimulinae.
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Distribution
Distribution of Bulimulus limnoides include:
- Guadeloupe
- Dominica - Breure (1974), after having compared the type material of Bulimulus limnoides in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France, placed the Dominican taxon in the synonymy of Férussac’s species. Apart from the locality given by George French Angas (1884), the first precise records of this species from the island have been published in 2009.
- Martinique
- ? Saint Vincent
Ecology
Living specimens were found on small shrubs in Dominica.
References
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References
- 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.
- [[George French Angas. 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.
- 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 {{Webarchive. link. (2011-10-07)
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