Biology:Bulinus wrighti

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Bulinus wrighti
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Bulinus wrighti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Bulinus
Species:
B. wrighti
Binomial name
Bulinus wrighti
Mandahl-Barth, 1965

Bulinus wrighti is a species of small tropical air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.[1]

Distribution

The type locality is Wadi Hatib, at about 1280 m,southeast of Nisab District, Upper Aulaqui District at Rassais, South Yemen.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN:0-7484-0026-5. pages 260-261.

Wikidata ☰ Q4996461 entry