| Cyclophorus volvulus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Cyclophoridae |
| Genus: | Cyclophorus |
| Species: | C. volvulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclophorus volvulus (Müller, 1774) | |
| Synonyms | |
Helix volvulusMüller, 1774 | |
Cyclophorus volvulus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Cyclophoridae. [1]
The species inhabits terrestrial environments. [1]
A volvulus is when a loop of intestine twists around itself and the mesentery that supports it, resulting in a bowel obstruction. Symptoms include abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, vomiting, constipation, and bloody stool. Onset of symptoms may be rapid or more gradual. The mesentery may become so tightly twisted that blood flow to part of the intestine is cut off, resulting in ischemic bowel. In this situation there may be fever or significant pain when the abdomen is touched.
Onchocerca volvulus is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) that causes onchocerciasis, and is the second-leading cause of blindness due to infection worldwide after trachoma. It is one of the 20 neglected tropical diseases listed by the World Health Organization, with elimination from certain countries expected by 2025.
Gastric volvulus or volvulus of stomach is a twisting of all or part of the stomach by more than 180 degrees with obstruction of the flow of material through the stomach, variable loss of blood supply and possible tissue death. The twisting can occur around the long axis of the stomach: this is called organoaxial or around the axis perpendicular to this, called mesenteroaxial. Obstruction is more likely in organoaxial twisting than with mesenteroaxial while the latter is more associated with ischemia. About one third of the cases are associated with a hiatus hernia. Treatment is surgical.
†Cyclophorus horridulum is an extinct species of small, air-breathing, land snails with an operculum, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Cyclophoridae. This species was endemic to Mayotte.
Cyclophoridae is a taxonomic family of small to large tropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the order Architaenioglossa belonging to the subclass Caenogastropoda.
Cyclophorus is a genus of operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Cyclophoridae.
Cyclophorus phongnhakebangensis is a species of land snail from the family Cyclophoridae.
Cyclophorus speciosus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.
Cyclophorus malayanus is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.
Cyclophorus bensoni is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.
Cyclophorus expansus is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.
Cyclophorus aurantiacus is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.
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