Bulinus truncatus
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.
Distribution
Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:
Parasites
This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium.
References
- ^ "Synonyms of Physa truncata". AnimalBase, accessed 13 June 2011.
- ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7484 0026 5.
- ^ (French) Sarr A., Kinzelbach R. & Diouf M. (2011, in press). "Diversité spécifique et écologie des mollusques continenatux de la basse vallée du Ferlo (Sénégal). [Specific diversity and ecology of continental molluscs from the Lower Ferlo Valley (Senegal)]". MalaCo 7: 8 pp. PDF.
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. PubMed
- 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. PubMed.
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