Bulinus transversalis

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Bulinus transversalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Bulinus
Species:
B. transversalis
Binomial name
Bulinus transversalis

Bulinus transversalis is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.

This species is found in Kenya and Uganda.

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<i>Bulinus crystallinus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Bulinus africanus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Bulinus tropicus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Bulinus natalensis</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Bulinus globosus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Bulinus abyssinicus</i> Species of mollusc

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<i>Bulinus jousseaumei</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. Brown D. S. (1996). Bulinus transversalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.