Biomphalaria alexandrina
| Biomphalaria alexandrina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Planorbinae |
| Tribe: | Biomphalariini |
| Genus: | Biomphalaria |
| Species: | B. alexandrina |
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Biomphalaria alexandrina |
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Biomphalaria alexandrina is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
This species occur in Egypt
Biomphalaria alexandrina lives in freshwater, for example in irrigation canals.
In captivity, Biomphalaria alexandrina can be fed on boiled leaves of lettuce.
Biomphalaria alexandrina serves as an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni
There is a known hybrid Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina, from Egypt.
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:
Biomphalaria alexandrina
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