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Bulinus africanus

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Bulinus africanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Subfamily:
Bulininae
Tribe:
Bulinini
Genus:
Bulinus
Species:
B. africanus
Binomial name
Bulinus africanus
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms[1]

Physopsis africanus Krauss, 1848

Bulinus africanus 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.

References

  1. ^ a b Appleton C., Curtis B., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C. N., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Bulinus africanus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.

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. PMC 2476301. PMID 5299680.


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