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Bulinus truncatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Planorbidae

Tribe
  
Bulinini

Scientific name
  
Bulinus truncatus

Higher classification
  
Bulinus

Superfamily
  
Planorboidea

Subfamily
  
Bulininae

Genus
  
Bulinus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Bulinus, Bulinus globosus, Molluscs, Biomphalaria pfeifferi, Biomphalaria

Bulinus truncatus snail for s haematobium


Bulinus truncatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Contents

Myrtus comminus bulinus truncatus


Distribution

Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:

  • Africa: Egypt, Marocco Northern Sáhara, D.R. Congo, Malawi and Ethiopía.
  • As of 2011 in Ferlo Valley, Western Africa: Senegal
  • As of 2014 in El Ejido (province of Almeria, southern Andalusia), lagoon of Villena (province of Alicante, northern Catalonia, Spain
  • continental France and Corsica
  • continental Greece and Crete
  • Italy (Sardinia and Sicily)
  • Portugal
  • Malta
  • Middle East (Iran, Irak and Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and Yemen).

    • Parasites

    This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium and Paramphistomum cervi and Paramphistomum microbothrium.

    References

    Bulinus truncatus Wikipedia
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