Bulinus crystallinus

Bulinus crystallinus
Shell of Bulinus crystallinus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Bulinidae
Genus:	Bulinus
Species:	B. crystallinus
Binomial name
Bulinus crystallinus (Morelet, 1868)
Synonyms
Physa crystallinaMorelet, 1867 (original combination)

Bulinus crystallinus is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is found in Angola and Gabon.

References

1. Kristensen, T.K.; Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Bulinus crystallinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T3316A9755874. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3316A9755874.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinus crystallinus (Morelet, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1319906 on 2020-06-27

• Morelet, A., 1868 Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. In: Voyage du Dr. Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du gourvernement portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguela, p. 102 pp
• Breure, A. S. H., Audibert, C., Ablett, J. D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.