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Bulimulus guadalupensis

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

The specific name guadalupensis refers to the West Indian island of Guadeloupe.

Bulimulus guadalupensis probably originated in the Windward Islands (Breure, 1974).^[2]^[1] Now it is distributed throughout the Caribbean Basin, including Florida.^[1]

Dominica - introduced^[1] It is a highly variable species, which was recorded by Breure (1974)^[2] from one locality only: Roseau, Botanical Gardens. Angas (1884)^[3] reports it as “abundant on the lower slopes”.^[1] It is widely distributed in disturbed habitats throughout lowland Dominica.^[1]
Guadeloupe - introduced^[1]
Martinique - introduced^[1]

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference ^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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 Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Angas G. F. (1884). "On the terrestrial Mollusca of Dominica, collected during a recent visit to that island". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 594-597, figs 1-3.

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

The specific name guadalupensis refers to the West Indian island of Guadeloupe.