Bulimulus nux

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

Bulimulus nux
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. nux
Binomial name
Bulimulus nux
(Broderip, 1832)

This species is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. Parent, C. (2003). "Bulimulus nux". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T3296A9738372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T3296A9738372.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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