An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species Author Breure, Abraham S. H. Author Borrero, Francisco J. text Zootaxa 2008 1768 1 40 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274265 fcf6c4eb-75e1-45f1-921c-2cbeb8127dc0 1175-5326 274265 Genus Bulimulus Leach, 1814 Type species: Helix exilis Gmelin, 1791 . Distribution: West Indies, Venezuela , Guyana , Surinam , French Guiana , Brazil , Paraguay , Uruguay , Argentina , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Colombia , Panama , Costa Rica , Nicaragua , Guatemala , Belize , Mexico . 33. Bulimulus fontainii (d’Orbigny, 1837) Type locality: Near Guayaquil. Holotype BMNH 1854.12.4.165. Distribution: Guayas , near Guayaquil ( FMNH 31339). Remarks: This is the only species of Bulimulus s.str. and is well outside the range of this genus. Once revised this taxon may prove to be a synonym, possibly of Drymaeus cactivorus (Broderip) .