Bulinus truncatus | |
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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) |
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Synonyms | |
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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.