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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Planorbidae

Tribe
  
Bulinini

Higher classification
  
Planorbidae

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Planorboidea

Subfamily
  
Bulininae

Scientific name
  
Bulinus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Lower classifications
  
Bulinus truncatus, Bulinus nyassanus

Similar
  
Bulinus truncatus, Bulinus camerunensis, Bulinus wrighti

Myrtus comminus bulinus truncatus


Bulinus is a genus of small tropical freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.

Contents

Bulinus PLANORBIDAE Bulinus truncatus ID825133 Shell Detail Shell

This genus is medically important because several species of Bulinus function as intermediate hosts for the schistosomiasis blood fluke.

Bulinus Bulinus tropicus Wikipedia

Shell description

Bulinus PLANORBIDAE Bulinus truncatus f raimondi ID826017 Shell

The shell of species in the genus Bulinus is sinistral. It has a very large body whorl and a small spire.

Distribution

These snails are widespread in Africa including Madagascar and the Middle East.

Bulinus PLANORBIDAE Bulinus truncatus ID825132 Shell Detail Shell

This genus has not yet become established in the USA, but it is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.

Species

Bulinus PLANORBIDAE Bulinus rivularis ID761482 Shell Detail Shell

Species within the genus Bulinus have been placed into four species groups: the Bulinus africanus group, Bulinus forskalii group, Bulinus reticulatus group and the Bulinus truncatus/tropicus complex. For the most part, species have been classified on the basis of their morphology although, in recent decades, the study of ploidy, allozymes and DNA methods have all played an increasing role in species discrimination. Morphological characters, whilst adequate to allocate a specimen to a species group are sometimes unreliable when used to classify at higher resolution especially within the Bulinus africanus group.

Bulinus Bulinus Wikipedia

There are 37 (or 38 species when the Bulinus mutandensis is recognized as a separate species) species within the genus Bulinus including:

Bulinus africanus group - 10 species

Bulinus AnimalBase listthumbnails

  • Bulinus abyssinicus (Martens, 1866)
  • Bulinus africanus (Krauss, 1848)
  • Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
  • Bulinus hightoni Brown & Wright, 1978
  • Bulinus jousseaumei (Dautzenberg, 1890)
  • Bulinus nasutus (Martens, 1879)
  • Bulinus obtusispira (Smith, 1882)
  • Bulinus obtusus Mandahl-Barth, 1973
  • Bulinus ugandae Mandahl-Barth, 1954
  • Bulinus umbilicatus Mandahl-Barth, 1973

    • Bulinus forskalii group - 11 species

  • Bulinus barthi Jelnes, 1979
  • Bulinus bavayi (Dautzenberg, 1894)
  • Bulinus beccarii (Paladilhe, 1872)
  • Bulinus browni Jelnes, 1979
  • Bulinus camerunensis Mandahl-Barth, 1957
  • Bulinus canescens (Morelet, 1868)
  • Bulinus cernicus (Morelet, 1867)
  • Bulinus crystallinus (Morelet, 1868)
  • Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)
  • Bulinus scalaris (Dunker, 1845)
  • Bulinus senegalensis Müller, 1781 - the type species of the genus

    • Bulinus reticulatus group - 2 species

  • Bulinus reticulatus Mandahl-Barth, 1954
  • Bulinus wrighti Mandahl-Barth, 1965

    • Bulinus truncatus/tropicus complex - 14-15 species

  • Bulinus angolensis (Morelet, 1866)
  • Bulinus depressus Haas, 1936
  • Bulinus hexaploidus Burch, 1972
  • Bulinus liratus (Tristram, 1863)
  • Bulinus mutandensis Preston, 1913
  • Bulinus natalensis (Küster, 1841)
  • Bulinus nyassanus (E. A. Smith, 1877)
  • Bulinus octoploidus Burch, 1972
  • Bulinus permembranaceus (Preston, 1912)
  • Bulinus succinoides (E. A. Smith, 1877)
  • Bulinus transversalis (Martens, 1897)
  • Bulinus trigonus (Martens, 1892)
  • Bulinus tropicus (Krauss, 1848)
  • Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)
  • Bulinus yemenensis Paggi et al., 1978

    • References

    Bulinus Wikipedia
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