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See text. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Orthogastropoda is one of two major Taxonomic groupings of snails and slugs an extremely large Subclass within the huge class Gastropoda. Heterobranchia, the heterobranchs, (meaning "different-gilled snails" is a Taxonomic Superorder of sea Snails marine The Pulmonata or "pulmonates" are an order (once a Subclass) of Snails and Slugs that have developed a pallial Lung The Eupulmonata are a Taxonomic group of air-breathing Snails Some are marine and some are saltmarsh snails that can tolerate salty conditions but the Bulimulidae is a Taxonomic family of medium-sized to large air-breathing tropical and sub-tropical land Snails terrestrial Pulmonate |
Bulimulus is a genus of small to medium-sized tropical or sub-tropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 The word snail is a Common name that can be used for almost all members of the Molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells in the The Pulmonata or "pulmonates" are an order (once a Subclass) of Snails and Slugs that have developed a pallial Lung The class Gastropoda or the gastropods, also previously known as gasteropods, or univalves, and more commonly known as Snails Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 Bulimulidae is a Taxonomic family of medium-sized to large air-breathing tropical and sub-tropical land Snails terrestrial Pulmonate
Shell description
The shells are high and conical, and are medium sized, ranging from about 20 mm (0. 8 inches) to about 50 mm (2 inches) long.
List of taxa in the genus Bulimulus
References
- ^ Binney, W. G. . 1878. The terrestrial shell-bearing mollusks of the United States and the adjacent territories of North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. (Harvard), vol. 5
- ^ Abbott, R. Tucker, 1989. Compendium of Landshells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. ISBN 0-915826-23-2.
- ^ Pilsbry, Henry A. 1946. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 2(1): 1-520.
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