Bulimulus diaphanus

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

Bulimulus diaphanus
Shell of Bulimulus diaphanus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Bulimulidae
Genus:	Bulimulus
Species:	B. diaphanus
Binomial name
Bulimulus diaphanus (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
Synonyms
Bulimulus diaphanus tenuissimus (Férussac, 1832) Bulimus diaphanus L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original combination) Helix tenuissima Férussac, 1832

Subspecies

• Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)^[2]

Distribution

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]