Bulinus tropicus

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Bulinus tropicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Bulinus
Species:
B. tropicus
Binomial name
Bulinus tropicus
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Bulinus corneus(Morelet, 1889) (junior synonym)
  • Bulinus diaphanus(F. Krauss, 1848)
  • Bulinus parietalis(Mousson, 1887) (probable synonym)
  • Isidora comptaMelvill & Ponsonby, 1903
  • Physa alluaudiDautzenberg, 1908 (junior synonym)
  • Physa corneaMorelet, 1889 (junior synonym)
  • Physa craveniAncey, 1886
  • Physa cyrtonotaBourguignat, 1856 (junior synonym)
  • Physa diaphanaF. Krauss, 1848 (synonym)
  • Physa lirataCraven, 1881 (junior primary homonym of Physa lirata Tristram, 1863: Physa craveni Ancey, 1886 is a replacement name.)
  • Physa rumrutiensisPreston, 1913 (junior synonym)
  • Physa syngenesPreston, 1913
  • Physa tropicaKrauss, 1848

Bulinus tropicus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. [3]

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Drawing of radular teeth of Bulinus tropicus. Bulinus tropicus radula.png
Drawing of radular teeth of Bulinus tropicus.

Distribution

Distribution of Bulinus tropicus includes:

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References

  1. 1 2 Curtis B., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C. N., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Bulinus tropicus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 Brown, D. S.; Curtis, B. A.; Rollinson, D. (1996). "The freshwater snail Bulinus tropicus (Planorbidae) in Namibia, characterised according to chromosome number, enzymes and morphology". Hydrobiologia . 317 (2): 127–139. doi:10.1007/BF00018736.
  3. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinus tropicus (F. Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058684 on 2020-06-27


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