Bulinus truncatus
Encyclopedia
Bulinus truncatus is a species
of air-breathing freshwater snail
with a sinistral shell, an aquatic
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family
Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of air-breathing freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
with a sinistral shell, an aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family
Family
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Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Distribution
Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:- Western Africa: Senegal
Further reading
- Celie P. H., Klaassen R. V., van Rossum-Fikkert S. E., van Elk R., van Nierop P., Smit A. B. & Sixma T. K. (2005). "Crystal structure of acetylcholine-binding protein from Bulinus truncatus reveals the conserved structural scaffold and sites of variation in nicotinic acetylcholine receptors". J. Biol. Chem. 280: 26457-26466. doi:10.1074/jbc.M414476200.
- Mouahid A., Mone H., Chaib A. & Theron A. (1991). "Cercarial shedding patterns of Schistosoma bovis and S. haematobium from single and mixed infections of Bulinus truncatus. Journal of Helminthology 65: 8-14.
- Rollinson D., DeClercq D., Sacko M., Traore M., Sene M. et al. (1997). "Observations on compatibility between Bulinus truncatus and Schistosoma haematobium in the Senegal River Basin". Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology 91: 371-378. .
External links
- "Species summary for Bulinus truncatus". AnimalBaseAnimalBaseAnimalBase is a project brought to life in 2004 and is maintained by the University of Göttingen, Germany. The goal of the AnimalBase project is to digitize early zoological literature, provide copyright-free open access to zoological works, and provide manually verified lists of names of...