Biomphalaria straminea
| Biomphalaria straminea | |
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| Shells of Biomphalaria straminea | |
| 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. straminea |
| Binomial name | |
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Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Planorbis stramineus |
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Planorbis stramineus
Biomphalaria straminea is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
This snail is a medically important pest, because an intermediate host for the parasite Schistosoma mansoni and a vector of schistosomiasis.
The history of these discoveries was summarized by Paraense (2001).
The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral.
Biomphalaria glabrata is a Neotropical species. It occurs in:
This species has recently expanded its native range. As an introduced species, it occurs in:
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:
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