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Bulimulus sp.

Bulimulus sp.


Family: Bulimulidae
Order: Stylommatophora
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia

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Bulimulus is a genus of small to medium-sized tropical or sub-tropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Bulimulinae within the family Bulimulidae.

Bulimulus is the type genus of the subfamily Bulimulinae. The shells are high and conical, and are medium-sized, ranging from about long.

Species: Species in the genus Bulimulus include:
  • Bulimulus acholus Mabille, 1895
  • Bulimulus albus (G. B. Sowerby, 1839)
  • Bulimulus angustus Weyrauch, 1966
  • Bulimulus apodemetes (d´Orbigny, 1835)
  • Bulimulus aurismalchi (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Bulimulus bonariensis (Rafinesque, 1833)
  • Bulimulus bouvieri Dautzenberg, 1897
  • Bulimulus brunoi (Ihering, 1917)
  • Bulimulus buenavistensis Pilsbry, 1897
  • Bulimulus cacotycus Mabille, 1895
  • Bulimulus cacticolus (Reeve, 1849)
  • Bulimulus carmen Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1932
  • Bulimulus castelneaui (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Bulimulus catlowae (Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Bulimulus coriaceus (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
  • Bulimulus corderoi (Parodiz, 1962)
  • Bulimulus corneus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  • Bulimulus corumbaensis (Pilsbry, 1857)
  • Bulimulus cuernavacensis Crosse & P. Fischer, 1874 (uncertain species)
  • Bulimulus dealbatus var. jonesi Clench, 1937
  • Bulimulus dealbatus neomexicanus Pilsbry, 1946
  • Bulimulus dealbatus ozarkensis Pilsbry & Ferris, 1906
  • Bulimulus dealbatus ragsdalei (Pilsbry, 1890)
  • Bulimulus diaphanus
  • Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)
  • Bulimulus dismenicus Mabille, 1895
  • Bulimulus dukenfieldi Melvill, 1900
  • Bulimulus dysoni (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
  • Bulimulus eganus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
  • Bulimulus elatior Hylton Scott, 1952
  • Bulimulus erectus (Reeve, 1849)
  • Bulimulus fazendicus Maury, 1935 - Paleocene fossil
  • Bulimulus felipponei Marshall, 1930
  • Bulimulus fourmiersi (d´Orbigny, 1835)
  • Bulimulus fraterculus (A. Férussac, 1821)
  • Bulimulus frenguellii (Cabrera et al., 2021)
  • Bulimulus fuscus Guilding, 1828
  • Bulimulus gittenbergeri Breure, 1974
  • Bulimulus glandiniformis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892
  • Bulimulus gorritiensis Pilsbry, 1897
  • Bulimulus gracilis Hylton Scott, 1948
  • Bulimulus guadalupensis (Bruguière, 1789)
  • Bulimulus guadalupensis shadowei (Herrera, 2020)
  • Bulimulus hamiltoni (Reeve, 1849)
  • Bulimulus haplochrous (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Bulimulus hummelincki (Breure, 1974)
  • Bulimulus inermis (Morelet, 1851)
  • Bulimulus inutilis (Reeve, 1850)
  • Bulimulus irregularis (Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Bulimulus juvenilis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Bulimulus klappenbachi (Parodiz, 1969)
  • Bulimulus krebsianus Pilsbry, 1897
  • Bulimulus lehmanni (L. Pfeiffer, 1865)
  • Bulimulus lherminieri (P. Fischer, 1857)
  • Bulimulus limnoides (Férussac, 1832)
  • Bulimulus marcidus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
  • Bulimulus mollicellus (Reeve, 1849)
  • Bulimulus mooreanus L. Pfeiffer, 1868
  • Bulimulus nigromontanus Dall, 1897
  • Bulimulus ouallensis Breure & Hovestadt, 2016
  • Bulimulus ovulum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Bulimulus pasonis Pilsbry, 1902
  • Bulimulus pervius (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
  • Bulimulus pliculatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • Bulimulus pliculosus (Ancey, 1901) (taxon inquirendum)
  • Bulimulus prosopidis Holmberg, 1912
  • Bulimulus pubescens (Moricand, 1836)
  • Bulimulus quitensis (Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Bulimulus prosopidis Holmberg, 1912
  • Bulimulus recognitus Mabille, 1895
  • Bulimulus regina (T.E. Bowdich ex A.E.J. Férussac, 1822)
  • Bulimulus rushii (Pilsbry, 1896)
  • Bulimulus sanmarcosensis Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1932
  • Bulimulus sarcodes (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
  • Bulimulus schadei Schlesch, 1935
  • Bulimulus schiedeanus (Pfeiffer, 1841)
  • Bulimulus schiedeanus pecosensis Pilsbry & Ferris 1906
  • Bulimulus sepulchralis Poey, 1852
  • Bulimulus slevini Hanna, 1923
  • Bulimulus subspirifer Mabille, 1895
  • Bulimulus sula Simone & Amaral, 2018
  • Bulimulus tenuissimus (Orbigny, 1835)
  • Bulimulus transparens (Reeve, 1849)
  • Bulimulus trindadeae Ferreira & Coelho, 1971 - Paleocene fossil
  • Bulimulus turritellatus Beck, 1837
  • Bulimulus turritus (Broderip, 1832)
  • Bulimulus unicolor (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833)
  • Bulimulus uniplicatus (Férussac, 1827)
  • Bulimulus versicolor (Jan, 1832)
  • Bulimulus vesicalis (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
  • Bulimulus vesicalis uruguayanus (Pilsbry, 1897)
  • Bulimulus wiebesi Breure, 1974
Undescribed species:
  • Bulimulus sp. nov. ´josevillani´
  • Bulimulus sp. nov. ´krameri´
  • Bulimulus sp. nov. ´nilsodhneri´
  • Bulimulus sp. nov. ´tuideroyi´
  • Bulimulus sp. nov. ´vanmoli´
Synonyms:
  • Bulimulus dealbatus (Say, 1821): synonym of Rabdotus dealbatus (Say, 1821)
  • Bulimulus inconspicuus Haas, 1949: synonym of Drymaeus inconspicuus (Haas, 1949) (original combination)
  • Bulimulus pilsbryi Ferris 1925: synonym of Rabdotus pilsbryi (Ferriss, 1925)
  • Bulimulus sporadicus (Orbigny, 1835): synonym of Bulimulus bonariensis (Rafinesque, 1833)
  • Bulimulus trindadensis Breure & Coelho, 1976 synonym of Vegrandinia trindadensis (Breure & Coelho, 1976) within Subulinidae.

Source: Wikipedia, article Bulimulus sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Species photographs

Count: 13

Foto
Photography ID: 475537
  Juvenile

Paraná
Entre Ríos
Argentina
12/09/2021
Néstor Trossero
Foto
Photography ID: 464448
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Rivera
Rivera
Uruguay
10/01/2021
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 464447
♂ ♀
 
Rivera
Rivera
Uruguay
10/01/2021
Guillermo Menéndez
Foto
Photography ID: 413950
 
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Argentina
06/06/2013
Gustavo Fernando Durán
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Photography ID: 379549
♂ ♀
  Adult

Santo Tomé
Corrientes
Argentina
04/25/2017
Enzo Edgardo Ferreyra
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Photography ID: 378135
  Adult

Concordia
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/26/2020
Diego Carus
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Photography ID: 359940
  Adult

Santo Tomé
Santa Fe
Argentina
10/13/2019
Eduardo Beltrocco



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
155499306/03/2022UruguayArtigasDomicilio Canelones 824, Bella UniónJulio Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira
154559512/02/2022UruguayArtigasParque Lineal, Bella UniónJulio Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira
154323830/01/2022UruguayArtigasDomicilio Canelones 824, Bella UniónJulio Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira
151671009/12/2021ArgentinaEntre RíosZona urbana, ParanáNéstor Trossero
147105101/10/2021UruguayRiveraRiveraGuillermo Menéndez
136812713/02/2021ParaguayPresidente HayesKm 414 Río Paraguay - Astillero, Río Paraguay - Villa HayesGuillermo Alejandro Nelson Tarapow
135969828/01/2021ParaguayCentralProximidades orla costera de la Bahia de Asuncion, Asuncion - Bahia de Asunción - Rio Paraguay Km 390 (km 1630 Hidrovia Paraguay-parana)Guillermo Alejandro Nelson Tarapow
118026526/01/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosCampo Dri, ConcordiaMaria Belén Dri
118001026/01/2020ArgentinaEntre RíosCampo Dri, ConcordiaDiego Carus
112359413/10/2019ArgentinaSanta FeSanto Tomé2Eduardo Beltrocco
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Bulimulus sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.