Biology:Bulinus globosus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Bulinus globosus | |
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| apertural view of the shell of Bulinus globosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Bulinus |
| Species: | B. globosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
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| 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
Bulinus globosus is an intermediary host of Schistosoma haematobium, along with Bulinus truncatus.[2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appleton C., Curtis B., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C. N., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Bulinus globosus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ↑ 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
- 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. PMID 5299680.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4996452 entry
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