Bulinus globosus
| Bulinus globosus | |
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| apertural view of the shell of Bulinus globosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Bulinidae |
| Genus: | Bulinus |
| Species: | B. globosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Physa globosus Morelet, 1866 | |
Bulinus globosus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.
Parasites
[edit]Bulinus globosus is an intermediary host of Schistosoma haematobium, along with Bulinus truncatus.[2][3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Lange, C. (2018). "Bulinus globosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T99504682A120114163. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T99504682A120114163.en. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ Sène, M; Southgate, VR; Vercruysse, J (February 2004). "Bulinus truncatus, intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Senegal River Basin (SRB)". Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique. 97 (1): 29–32. PMID 15104154.
- ↑ Marti, HP; Tanner, M; Degrémont, AA; Freyvogel, TA (June 1985). "Studies on the ecology of Bulinus globosus, the intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Ifakara area, Tanzania". Acta Tropica. 42 (2): 171–87. PMID 2862780.
Further reading
[edit]- Cridland, C. C. (1967). "Resistance of Bulinus (Physopsis) globosus, Bulinus (Ph.) africanus, Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Lymnaea natalensis to experimental desiccation". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 36 (3): 507–513. PMC 2476301. PMID 5299680.
External links
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