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

Bulimulus nux
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
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 edit

  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.

External links edit

galapagos-land-snail/bulimulus-nux Bulimulus nux media from ARKive