Biology:Biomphalaria kuhniana
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Biomphalaria kuhniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Biomphalaria |
| Species: | B. kuhniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Biomphalaria kuhniana (Clessin, 1883)
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Biomphalaria kuhniana is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Shell description
All species within the family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.
Distribution
Dominica.[1]
Phylogeny
A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of species within the genus Biomphalaria:[2]
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References
- ↑ Reeves, W. K.; Dillon, R. T.; Dasch, G. A. (2008). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites". American Malacological Bulletin 24: 59–63. doi:10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.59. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/241808. PDF .
- ↑ Dejong, R. J.; Morgan, J. A.; Paraense, W. L.; Pointier, J. P.; Amarista, M.; Ayeh-Kumi, P. F.; Babiker, A.; Barbosa, C. S. et al. (2001). "Evolutionary relationships and biogeography of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with implications regarding its role as host of the human bloodfluke, Schistosoma mansoni". Molecular Biology and Evolution 18 (12): 2225–2239. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003769. PMID 11719572.
Wikidata ☰ Q4915158 entry
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