Bulinus truncatus | |
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A lateral view of the shell of Bulinus truncatus truncatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Bulinus |
Species: | B. truncatus
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Binomial name | |
Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
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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]
Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:
This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium and Paramphistomum cervi and Paramphistomum microbothrium.[citation needed]