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Bulinus truncatus

Bulinus truncatus
Bulinus truncatus.jpg
A lateral view of the shell of Bulinus truncatus truncatus
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. truncatus
Binomial name
Bulinus truncatus
(Audouin, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Physa truncata Audouin, 1827
  • Physa contorta Michaud, 1829
  • Bulinus rohlfsi Clessin

Bulinus truncatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:

This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium and Paramphistomum cervi and Paramphistomum microbothrium.



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