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Bulinus truncatus

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.

Subspecies:
  • Bulinus truncatus contortus <small>(Michaud, 1829)</small> (synonym: Physa contorta <small>Michaud, 1829</small> )
  • Bulinus truncatus rivularis <small>(Philippi, 1836)</small>
  • Bulinus truncatus truncatus <small>(Audouin, 1827)</small>

Distribution

Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:

Parasites

This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium and Paramphistomum cervi and Paramphistomum microbothrium.

References

  • Audouin, V. (1828). Explication sommaire des planches de Mollusques de l'Egypte et de la Syrie publiées par J.C. Savigny. in: Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres de sa majesté l'empereur Napoléon le grand. 2ème édition, dédiée au roi. Histoire Naturelle, Animaux invertébrés 22: 117–212. Paris: Panckouke.
  • Preston, H.B. (1913). New species and varieties of terrestrial and fluviatile shells from Equatorial Africa. Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 3 (1): 47–62, 212, pl. 4–6. Bruxelles
  • Neubert, E. (1998). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial and freshwater molluscs of the Arabian Peninsula with descriptions of new species. Fauna of Arabia. 17: 333–461.

Further reading

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