Bulimulus diaphanus explained

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

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).^[2]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference ^[3]

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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.
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