Bulimulus | |
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Bulimulus limnoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): |
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Subfamily: | Bulimulinae |
Genus: |
Bulimulus Leach, 1814 |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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 20 mm (0.8 inches) to about 50 mm (2 inches) long.
Species in the genus Bulimulus include:
Synonyms: