Bulimulus sp. nov. 'tuideroyi' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Bulimulinae.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Subfamily: | Bulimulinae |
Genus: | Bulimulus |
Species: | B. sp. nov. 'tuideroyi'
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Binomial name | |
Bulimulus sp. nov. 'tuideroyi' |
This species is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is tropical dry Scalesia forests on Santa Cruz, an island of the Galápagos archipelago. It is threatened by habitat loss by the expansion of farming.
References
edit- ^ Parent, C. (2003). "Bulimulus sp. nov. 'tuideroyi'". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T44031A10852159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T44031A10852159.en. Retrieved 22 May 2022.