Bulinus globosus
Species of gastropod
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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.
| Bulinus globosus | |
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| apertural view of the shell of Bulinus globosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Bulinidae |
| Genus: | Bulinus |
| Species: | B. globosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Physa globosus Morelet, 1866 | |
Parasites
Bulinus globosus is an intermediary host of Schistosoma haematobium, along with Bulinus truncatus.[2][3]
