Bulimulus spp.

Family

Orthalicidae

Species

Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus (Potiez and Michaud, 1835)

Bulimulus guadalupensis (Bruguiere, 1789)

Common name

Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus: Clear bulumulus

Bulimulus guadalupensis: The Guadaloupe snail, West Indian bulimilus, Snubnose sculpin

Description

Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus: This species will measure up to 18 mm high and 8 mm wide.

Bulimulus guadalupensis: The thick, opaqueOpaque:
Not having the ability to see through an object. (Not transparent or translucent)
shell of this species does not exceed 24 mm in heightHeight:
The height of the shell is a measure of the distance between the apex and the most basal part of the shell OR the measurement taken from the apex of the shell to the base, when measured parallel to the axis of the shell.
. The apexApex:
The tip of the spire of a shell.
of the shellShell:
A hard, inflexible, calcareous or chitinous structure that vary in size and may either completely encasing the animal, covering some part of it or be internal.
is off-white to brown in color. There may be one or two faint or three strong brown stripes following the whorlsWhorls:
Pleural of whorl. A whorl is a complete spiral turn/growth of the shell of a mollusc. The whorls are counted from the apex outwards.
of the shellShell:
A hard, inflexible, calcareous or chitinous structure that vary in size and may either completely encasing the animal, covering some part of it or be internal.
. There may also be a thin, white, spiralSpiral:
Directional term: direction of the coils of the whorls of a shell; opposite of axial.
stripes.

Native range

Lesser and Greater Antilles

Distribution

North America:

• U.S.: Florida

Caribbean: Throughout e.g., Saint Martin; Saint Barts; Saint Kitts; Barbuda; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Les Saintes, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Jamaica

Synonyms

Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus:

• Helix (Cochlogena) fraterculus Ferussac, 1821
• Bulimus fraterculus Ferussac, 1835
• Bulimulus diaphanus

Bulimulus guadalupensis:

• Bulimulus exilis
• Bulumulus guadalupensis
• Helix exilis
• Thaumastus exilis

References

Abbott 1989; Lechmere Guppy 1866; Robinson et al. 2009; Rosenberg and Muratov 2006