Bulinus truncatus
Species of gastropod
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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 subfamily Bulininae of the family Bulinidae, the ram's horn snails and the like.[3]
- Subspecies
- Bulinus truncatus contortus (Michaud, 1829) (synonym: Physa contorta Michaud, 1829 )
- Bulinus truncatus rivularis (Philippi, 1836)
- Bulinus truncatus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)
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| A lateral view of the shell of Bulinus truncatus truncatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Bulinidae |
| Genus: | Bulinus |
| Species: | B. truncatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827) | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Distribution
Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:
- Africa: Egypt, Morocco Northern Sahara, D.R. Congo, Malawi and Ethiopia.[4]
- As of 2011[update] in Ferlo Valley, Western Africa: Senegal[5]
- As of 2014[update] in El Ejido (province of Almeria, southern Andalusia), lagoon of Villena (province of Alicante, northern Catalonia, Spain[6]
- Continental France and Corsica [7][8]
- Continental Greece and Crete[9]
- Italy (Sardinia and Sicily)[10]
- Portugal
- Malta[10]
- Middle East (Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and Yemen).
Parasites
This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium and Paramphistomum cervi and Paramphistomum microbothrium.[citation needed]
