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]
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| Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Bulinus tropicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Bulinus |
| Species: | B. tropicus
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| Bulinus tropicus (Krauss, 1848)
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Distribution
editDistribution of Bulinus tropicus includes:
References
edit- ^ 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
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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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