Bulimulus nux

Bulimulus nux
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
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. nux
Binomial name
Bulimulus nux (Broderip, 1832)

Bulimulus nux 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 habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Parent, C. 2003. Bulimulus nux. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.

External links

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