Bulinus truncatus facts for kids
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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.
- Subspecies
- Bulinus truncatus contortus (Michaud, 1829) (synonym: Physa contorta Michaud, 1829 )
- Bulinus truncatus rivularis (Philippi, 1836)
- Bulinus truncatus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)
Distribution
Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:
- Africa: Egypt, Morocco Northern Sahara, D.R. Congo, Malawi and Ethiopia.
- As of 2011[update] in Ferlo Valley, Western Africa: Senegal
- As of 2014[update] in El Ejido (province of Almeria, southern Andalusia), lagoon of Villena (province of Alicante, northern Catalonia, Spain
- Continental France and Corsica
- Continental Greece and Crete
- Italy (Sardinia and Sicily)
- Portugal
- Malta
- 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.
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