Bulinus wrighti

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]

Bulinus wrighti
Bulinus wrighti
Scientific classification
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Bulininae
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Bulinini
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B. wrighti
Binomial name
Bulinus wrighti
Mandahl-Barth, 1965

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


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