Bulimulus

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Bulimulus limnoides.png | image_caption = ''Bulimulus limnoides'' | taxon = Bulimulus |display_parents = 3 | authority = Leach, 1814<ref>Leach W. E. (1814). ''Zool. Miscell.'' '''1''': 41.</ref> | synonyms = * ''Adzharia'' P. Hesse, 1933 * ''Bulimulus'' (''Bulimulus'') Leach, 1814 * ''Bulimus'' (''Leptomerus'') Albers, 1850 * ''Cochlogena'' Férussac, 1821 (junior synonym) * ''Helix'' (''Cochlogena'') Férussac, 1821 * ''Leptomerus'' Albers, 1850 * ''Loboa'' Ihering, 1917 * ''Siphalomphix'' Rafinesque, 1833 | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> }}

thumb|''Bulimulus acholus'' Mabille, 1895 - lectotype at MNHN, Paris

''' ''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.<ref name="Breure 2012">Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". ''Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology'' '''141''' (1): 1-20. {{doi|10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020}}</ref><ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. ''Bulimulus'' Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=861633 on 2020-06-21</ref>

''Bulimulus'' is the type genus of the subfamily Bulimulinae.<ref>{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref> The shells are high and conical, and are medium-sized, ranging from about {{cvt|20|to|50|mm|0}} long.

==Species== Species in the genus ''Bulimulus'' include:<ref>Abbott R. T. (1989). ''Compendium of Landshells''. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne FL. 240 pp. {{ISBN|0-915826-23-2}}</ref><ref name="Pilsbry1946">{{cite book |last1=Pilsbry |first1=Henry Augustus |title=Land Mollusca of North America: (north of Mexico) |date=1939 |publisher=Academy of Natural Sciences |isbn=978-1-4223-1778-5 }}{{pn|date=December 2020}}</ref><ref>[http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |date=June 27, 2014}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''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''<ref name="Robinson 2009">{{cite journal |last1=Robinson |first1=D G |last2=Hovestadt |first2=A |last3=Fields |first3=A |last4=Breure |first4=A S H |title=The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species |journal=Zoologische Mededelingen |volume=83 |date=July 2009 |pages=615–650 |id={{ProQuest|890027555}} |citeseerx=10.1.1.732.9383 |url=https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/311940 }}</ref> ** ''Bulimulus diaphanus fraterculus'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)<ref name="Robinson 2009"/> * ''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) *{{extinct}}''Bulimulus fazendicus'' Maury, 1935 - Paleocene fossil<ref name="Salvador & Simone 2013">{{cite journal |last1=Salvador |first1=Rodrigo Brincalepe |last2=Simone |first2=Luiz Ricardo Lopes de |title=Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil |journal=Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia |location=São Paulo |date=2013 |doi=10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001 |doi-access=free }}</ref> * ''Bulimulus felipponei'' Marshall, 1930 * ''Bulimulus fourmiersi'' (d'Orbigny, 1835) * ''Bulimulus fraterculus'' (A. Férussac, 1821) *{{extinct}}''Bulimulus frenguellii'' (Cabrera ''et al.'', 2021)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cabrera |first1=F. |last2=Breure |first2=A. S. H. |last3=Norbis |first3=W. |last4=Martínez |first4=S. |title=Description of a new Late Cretaceous species of ''Bulimulus'' Leach, 1814 (Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae) using geometric morphometric analysis |year=2021 |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=87 |issue=2 |article-number=eyab006 |doi=10.1093/mollus/eyab006 }}</ref> * ''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)<ref name="Robinson 2009"/> **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) * {{extinct}}''Bulimulus klappenbachi'' (Parodiz, 1969) * ''Bulimulus krebsianus'' Pilsbry, 1897 * ''Bulimulus lehmanni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1865) * ''Bulimulus lherminieri'' (P. Fischer, 1857) * ''Bulimulus limnoides'' (Férussac, 1832)<ref name="Robinson 2009"/> * ''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<ref name="ecosis.cu">[http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718163216/http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm |date=July 18, 2011 }}. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.</ref> * ''Bulimulus slevini'' Hanna, 1923<ref>{{cite journal|first=G. Dallas|last=Hanna|author-link=:fr:G. Dallas Hanna|year=1923|title=Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. Land and freshwater mollusks|journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences|series=4|volume=12|number=17|pages=483–528|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54212#page/514/mode/1up}}</ref> * ''Bulimulus subspirifer'' Mabille, 1895 * ''Bulimulus sula'' Simone & Amaral, 2018 * ''Bulimulus tenuissimus'' (Orbigny, 1835) * ''Bulimulus transparens'' (Reeve, 1849)<ref name="Breure 2010"/> *{{extinct}}''Bulimulus trindadeae'' Ferreira & Coelho, 1971 - Paleocene fossil<ref name="Salvador & Simone 2013"/> * ''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 {{div col end}}

;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:<ref name="Breure 2010">{{cite journal |last1=Breure |first1=A S H |last2=Avila |first2=V Mogollón |title=Well-known and little-known: miscellaneous notes on Peruvian Orthalicidae (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) |journal=Zoologische Mededelingen |volume=84 |date=November 2010 |pages=15–35 |id={{ProQuest|890024806}} |citeseerx=10.1.1.733.1097 |s2cid=83102022 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Salvador |first1=R.B. |last2=Cunha |first2=C.M. |last3=Simone |first3=L.R.L. |title=Taxonomic revision of the orthalicid land snails (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) from Trindade Island, Brazil |journal=Journal of Natural History |date=April 2013 |volume=47 |issue=13–14 |pages=949–961 |doi=10.1080/00222933.2012.759290 |s2cid=84228003 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Bulimulus}} *[http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/gastro/tree_snails.htm tree snails of Florida, ''Bulimulus'' spp.] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site * {{cite journal |last1=Breure |first1=A. S. H. |title=Caribbean Land Molluscs: Bulimulidae I. Bulimulus |journal=Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands |date=1 January 1974 |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=1–80 |url=https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506178 }}

Category:Bulimulus Category:Bulimulidae Category:Taxa named by William Elford Leach