Bulinus globosus

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.

Bulinus globosus
apertural view of the shell of Bulinus globosus
Scientific classification
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Bulininae
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Bulinini
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B. globosus
Binomial name
Bulinus globosus
(Morelet, 1866)
Synonyms[1]

Physa globosus Morelet, 1866

Parasites

Bulinous globosus is an intermediary host of Schistosoma haematobium, along with Bulinus truncatus.[2][3]

References

  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>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

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