Bulimulus tortuganus

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

Bulimulus tortuganus
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
Subfamily:
Bulimulinae
Genus:
Bulimulus
Species:
B. tortuganus
Binomial name
Bulimulus tortuganus
(Dall, 1893)

This species is endemicvaliriia to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. Parent, C. (2003). "Bulimulus tortuganus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T44027A10851467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T44027A10851467.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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