Bulimulus sp. nov. 'tuideroyi'
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Bulimulus sp. nov. 'tuideroyi' is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Bulimulinae.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Subfamily: | Bulimulinae |
Genus: | Bulimulus |
Species: | B. sp. nov. 'tuideroyi' |
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This species is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is tropical dry Scalesia forests on Santa Cruz, an island of the Galápagos archipelago. It is threatened by habitat loss by the expansion of farming.