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Bulinus globosus

Bulinus globosus
Bulinus globosus shell.png
apertural view of the shell of Bulinus globosus
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. globosus
Binomial name
Bulinus globosus
(Morelet, 1866)
Synonyms

Physa globosus Morelet, 1866


Physa globosus Morelet, 1866

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.

Bulinous globosus is an intermediary host of Schistosoma haematobium, along with Bulinus truncatus.


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