Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Planorboidea Subfamily Bulininae Scientific name Bulinus forskalii Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Planorbidae Tribe Bulinini Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Bulinus, Bulinus globosus, Bulinus truncatus, Biomphalaria pfeifferi, Bulinus tropicus | ||
Bulinus forskalii is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.
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Distribution
Bulinus forskalii is an afrotropical species and occur in number of countries in Africa:
It has been recently introduced to Madagascar.
Its presence is uncertain in Mauritania, Nigeria and in Sierra Leone.
Ecology
Its natural habitat are lake margins, swamps, marshes and wetland areas. It lives in all types of freshwater bodies and it has been found mainly in dams and brooks in South Africa. The substratum is often muddy.
Bulinus forskalii is a hermaphroditic species. Self-fertilization can occur.
Parasites of Bulinus forskalii include:
It has been found incompatible with Schistosoma mattheei in South Africa.