Bulimulus eos

Bulimulus eos

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. eos
Binomial name
Bulimulus eos
(Odhner, 1951)

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

This species is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Parent, C. (2003). "Bulimulus eos". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2003: e.T3290A9737817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T3290A9737817.en. Retrieved 1 December 2017.


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