Bulinus africanus
| Bulinus africanus | |
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| Bulinus africanus shells | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Bulinidae |
| Genus: | Bulinus |
| Species: | B. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bulinus africanus (Krauss, 1848)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Physopsis africanus Krauss, 1848 | |
Bulinus africanus 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.
References
- ^ a b Van Damme, D. & Lange, C. (2016). "Bulinus africanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T165785A84306899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T165785A84306899.en. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
Further reading
- Cridland, C. C. (1967). "Resistance of Bulinus (Physopsis) globosus, Bulinus (Ph.) africanus, Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Lymnaea natalensis to experimental desiccation". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 36 (3): 507–513. PMC 2476301. PMID 5299680.