Bulinus

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Bulinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Pulmonata Family: Planorbidae Subfamily: Bulininae Genus: Bulinus Müller, 1781

Bulinus is a genus of small tropical fresh-water snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks.

This genus is medically important because several species of Bulinus function as intermediate hosts for the schistosomiasis blood fluke.

Contents 1 Range of distribution 2 List of species 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Range of distribution

These snails are widespread in Africa and the Middle East.^[1]

[edit] List of species

The genus includes 37 species:

• Bulinus africanus
• Bulinus bavayi
• Bulinus camerunensis
• Bulinus cernicus
• Bulinus crystallinus
• Bulinus forskalii
• Bulinus globosus
• Bulinus liratus
• Bulinus nasutus
• Bulinus nyassanus
• Bulinus obtusispira
• Bulinus scalaris
• Bulinus senegalensis
• Bulinus transversalis
• Bulinus tropicus
• Bulinus truncatus
• Bulinus ugandae
• Bulinus umbilicatus
• Bulinus wrighti
• ...

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br/93sup1/15cob.html