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) .