Biomphalaria stanleyi
Biomphalaria stanleyi is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Distribution
This species is African, and occurs in:
Phylogeny
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[3]
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| Biomphalaria straminea complex |
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Biomphalaria straminea
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Biomphalaria intermedia
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Biomphalaria amazonica
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Biomphalaria sp.
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Biomphalaria helophila
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Biomphalaria peregrina
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Biomphalaria schrammi
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Ecology
Biomphalaria stanleyi is found in deeper water in Lake Albert.[2]
Parasites of Biomphalaria stanleyi include Schistosoma mansoni.[1]
References
- ^ a b Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7484 0026 5.
- ^ a b Kazibwe F., Makanga B., Rubaire-Akiiki C., Ouma J., Kariuki C., Kabatereine N., Booth M., Vennervald B., Sturrock R. & Stothard J. (September 2006). "Ecology of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Albert, Western Uganda: snail distributions, infection with schistosomes and temporal associations with environmental dynamics". Hydrobiologia 568(1): 433-444. doi:10.1007/s10750-006-0224-y.
- ^ DeJong R. J., Morgan J. A. T., Paraense W. L., Pointier J.-P., Amarista M., Ayeh-Kumi P. F. K., Babiker A., Barbosa C. S., Brémond P., Canese A., de Souza C. P., Dominguez C., File S., Gutierrez A., Incani R. N., Kawano T., Kazibwe F., Kpikpi J., Lwambo N. J. S., Mimpfoundi R., Njiokou F., Poda J. N., Sene M., Velásquez L. E., Yong M., Adema C. M., Hofkin B. V., Mkoji G. M. & Loker E. S. (December 2001) "Evolutionary relationships and biogeography of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with implications regarding its role as host of the human bloodfluke, Schistosoma mansoni". Molecular Biology and Evolution 18: 2225–2239. PubMed, text.