Biomphalaria alexandrina
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| Biomphalaria alexandrina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Biomphalaria |
| Species: | B. alexandrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Biomphalaria alexandrina (Ehrenberg, 1831) | |
Biomphalaria alexandrina is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
This species occur in Egypt
Habitat
Biomphalaria alexandrina lives in freshwater, for example in irrigation canals.
Feeding habits
Parasites
Biomphalaria alexandrina serves as an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni
Hybrid
There is a known hybrid Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina, from Egypt.[2]