Brephulopsis cylindrica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.
Distribution The distribution of this species includes: Ukraine - mainly in Crimea and other southern regions, but recently invaded also other parts of countryBalashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.Balashov I., Kramarenko S., Shyriaieva D., Vasyliuk O. Invasion of a Crimean land snail Brephulopsis cylindrica into protected relict steppic hilltops (tovtrs) in Western Ukraine: a threat to native biodiversity? // Journal of Conchology. — 2018. — 43 (1). — P. 59—69. MoldovaBalashov I.A., Son M.O., Coadă V., Welter-Schultes F. An updated annotated checklist of the molluscs of the Republic of Moldova // Folia Malacologica. – 2013. – 21 (3). – P. 175-181. Belarus - since 2010
Description The color of the shell is bluish white or white, sometimes with dark streaks and opaque. The shell has 9-12 not very convex whorls. The aperture is inside yellow-brownish in color, with a weak white lip. Columella is slightly thickened.
The width of the shell is 7.5–9 mm. The height of the shell is 22–35 mm.
Nomenclature Before 2015 the specific name cylindricus was not available for this species because Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 is a junior homonym of Bulimus cylindricus Gray, 1825. The correct name would be most probably Brephulopsis fusiformis (Menke, 1828). Although prevailing usage of the current name was conserved in 2015 by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature that used its plenary power to rule that the name Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 is not invalid by reason of being a junior primary homonym of Bulimus cylindricus Gray, 1825.Balashov I., Welter-Schultes F. 2013. Case 3609. Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Enidae): proposed conservation of the specific name // Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70 (1): 9-11.ICZN. 2015. Opinion 2363 (Case 3609) Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, enidae): specific name conserved. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72 (3): 229-230.
References This article incorporates public domain text from the reference"Species summary for Brephulopsis cylindrica". AnimalBase, last modified 12 August 2008, accessed 2 September 2011.