Bulinus tropicus

Species of gastropod

Bulinus tropicus

Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Bulinus tropicus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Bulinus
Species:	B. tropicus
Binomial name
*Bulinus tropicus* (Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms^[1]^[2]
Bulinus corneus (Morelet, 1889) (junior synonym) Bulinus diaphanus (F. Krauss, 1848) Bulinus parietalis (Mousson, 1887) (probable synonym) Isidora compta Melvill & Ponsonby, 1903 Physa alluaudi Dautzenberg, 1908 (junior synonym) Physa cornea Morelet, 1889 (junior synonym) Physa craveni Ancey, 1886 Physa cyrtonota Bourguignat, 1856 (junior synonym) Physa diaphana F. Krauss, 1848 (synonym) Physa lirata Craven, 1881 (junior primary homonym of Physa lirata Tristram, 1863: Physa craveni Ancey, 1886 is a replacement name.) Physa rumrutiensis Preston, 1913 (junior synonym) Physa syngenes Preston, 1913 Physa tropica Krauss, 1848

Bulinus tropicus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.^[3]

Distribution

Distribution of Bulinus tropicus includes:

Namibia^[2]
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References

^ ^a ^b Curtis B., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C. N., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Bulinus tropicus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b Brown, D. S.; Curtis, B. A.; Rollinson, D. (1996). "The freshwater snail Bulinus tropicus (Planorbidae) in Namibia, characterised according to chromosome number, enzymes and morphology". Hydrobiologia. 317 (2): 127–139. doi:10.1007/BF00018736.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinus tropicus (F. Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058684 on 2020-06-27

External links

Media related to Bulinus tropicus at Wikimedia Commons
Mukaratirwa, S.; Munjere, I. F.; Takawira, M.; Chingwena, G. (December 2004). "Susceptibility of 7 freshwater gastropod species in Zimbabwe to infection with Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus (Cobbold, 1876) Looss, 1896". Journal of the South African Veterinary Association. 75 (4): 186–188. doi:10.4102/jsava.v75i4.481. ISSN 1019-9128. PMID 15830604.