Bulinus forskalii is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.[2]
Bulinus forskalii | |
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an apertural view of the shell of Bulinus forskalii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Bulinus |
Species: | B. forskalii
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Binomial name | |
Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Bulinus forskalii is an afrotropical[1] species which occurs in number of countries in Africa:
This species has been recently introduced to Madagascar.[6]
Its presence is uncertain in Mauritania, Nigeria and in Sierra Leone.[1]
The natural habitats for this species are lake margins, swamps, marshes and wetland areas.[1] It lives in all types of freshwater bodies and it has been found mainly in dams and brooks in South Africa.[7] The substratum is often muddy.[7]
Bulinus forskalii is a hermaphroditic species.[8] Self-fertilization can occur.[9]
Parasites of Bulinus forskalii include:
It has been found incompatible with Schistosoma mattheei in South Africa.[7]
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