Bulinus truncatus

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Bulinus truncatus
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A lateral view of the shell of Bulinus truncatus truncatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Bulinus
Species:
B. truncatus
Binomial name
Bulinus truncatus
(Audouin, 1827)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Bulinus (Bulinus) truncatus(Audoin, 1827) (new combination)
  • Bulinus (Isidora) dybowskiiP. Fischer, 1891· accepted, alternate representation
  • Bulinus (Isidora) truncatus(Audouin, 1827)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Bulinus (Isidora) truncatus rohlfsi(Clessin, 1886) (junior synonym)
  • Bulinus (Isidora) truncatus truncatus(Audouin, 1827)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Bulinus dybowskiiP. Fischer, 1891
  • Bulinus guernei(Dautzenberg, 1890) (junior synonym)
  • Bulinus hemprichii(Ehrenberg, 1831) (junior synonym)
  • Bulinus rohlfsi(Clessin, 1886)
  • Bulinus sericinus(Jickeli, 1874) (a junior synonym)
  • Bullinus (Isidora) mussoliniiPiersanti, 1940 (a junior synonym)
  • Isidora guerneiDautzenberg, 1890 (junior synonym)
  • Isidora hemprichiiEhrenberg, 1831
  • Isidora sericinaJickeli, 1874 (a junior synonym)
  • Physa (Isidora) vaneyiGermain, 1907
  • Physa coulboisiBourguignat, 1888 (junior synonym)
  • Physa mutandaensisPreston, 1913 (junior synonym)
  • Physa rohlfsiClessin, 1886 (a junior synonym)
  • Physa truncataAudouin, 1827

Bulinus truncatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulininae of the family Bulinidae, the ram's horn snails and the like. [3]

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Subspecies

Distribution

Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:

Parasites

This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium and Paramphistomum cervi and Paramphistomum microbothrium .[ citation needed ]

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References

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  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716338 on 2022-01-14
  4. Brown, D., 1980. Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis Ltd., London
  5. (in French) Sarr A., Kinzelbach R. & Diouf M. (2011, in press). "Diversité spécifique et écologie des mollusques continenatux de la basse vallée du Ferlo (Sénégal). [Specific diversity and ecology of continental molluscs from the Lower Ferlo Valley (Senegal)]". MalaCo7: 8 pp. PDF Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine .
  6. Martínez-Ortí A., Bargues M. D. & Mas-Coma S. (2015). "Dos nuevas localizaciones para España de Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) (Gastropoda, Planorbidae), hospedador intermediario de Schistosomiasis urinaria". Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica13: 25-31. PDF.
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