West Indian Bulimulus Bulimulus guadalupensis

Photo: Martijn Terpstra

Classification

Bulimulidae [family]
Bulimulus [genus] (5)
guadalupensis [species]

Classification

Bulimulidae [family]
Bulimulus [genus] (5)
guadalupensis [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Curaçao
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  • Saba
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  • Sint Eustatius
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Saba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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  • Introduced (2) - Curaçao
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    Notes on presence status Native to Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Martin, introduced in Curaçao. This species has been misidentified before as Bulimulus guadalupensis subsp. eyriesii.

    Publications

    • Breure, A.S.H. 1974. Caribbean land molluscs: Bulimulidae I. Bulimulus. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 45: 1-87.
    • Buurt, G. van 2016. Field observations on some Curaçao landsnails, and new records for its fauna. Folia Conchyliologica 34: 1-16.
    • Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Exotic and invasive terrestrial and freshwater animal species in the Dutch Caribbean. 1-37. IMARES, Wageningen.
    • Clement, D., Nolf, P., Nolf, F. 2016. Shelling on Sint-Maarten/Saint Martin, the 'Friendly Island': Part I: Introduction and land mollusca. Neptunea 14(1): 1-29.
    • Clench, W.J. 1970. Land Mollusca of Saba Island, Lesser Antilles. Occasional Papers on Mollusks 3: 53-60.
    • Coomans, H.E. 1967. The non-marine Mollusca of St. Martin (Lesser Antilles). Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 24: 118-145.
    • Hovestadt, A. 1980. De Landmollusken van Sint Eustatius. Correspondentie blad Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 195: 1042-1044.
    • Hovestadt, A., Leeuwen, S. van 2017. Terrestrial molluscs of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao in the Dutch Caribbean: an updated checklist and guide to identification. Vita Malacologica 16: 1-39.
    • Hovestadt, A & C.M. Neckheim 2020. A critical checklist of the non-marine molluscs of St. Martin, with notes on the terrestrial malacofauna of Anguilla and Saint- Barthélemy, and the description of a new subspecies. Folia Conchyliologica 57: 1-38.
    • Leeuwen, S. van, Boeken, M., Hovestadt, A. 2015. De landslakken van Saba. Spirula 404: 23-31.
    • Neckheim, T. 2021. Drie nog niet vermelde landslakkensoorten van Saba en Sint Maarten, Nederlandse Antillen, verzameld in 1991. Spirula 427.
    • Neckheim, C.M., Hovestadt, A. 2016. Land- en zoetwatermollusken verzameld op Sint Maarten (Nederlandse Antillen) en Saint Martin. Spirula 409: 18-24.