Bulinus tropicus

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]

Drawing of radular teeth of Bulinus tropicus.

Bulinus tropicus
Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Bulinus tropicus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Lymnaeoidea
Family:
Bulinidae
Subfamily:
Bulininae
Tribe:
Bulinini
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

Distribution

Distribution of Bulinus tropicus includes:

References
  1. 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>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  • 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.
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