Bulimulus adelphus

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

Bulimulus adelphus

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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:
Orthalicidae
Genus:
Bulimulus
Species:
B. adelphus
Binomial name
Bulimulus adelphus
(Dall, 1917)

This species is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. Parent, C. (2003). "Bulimulus adelphus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2003: e.T3282A9732221. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T3282A9732221.en. Retrieved 12 December 2017.


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