Biomphalaria kuhniana

Biomphalaria kuhniana is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Biomphalaria kuhniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:	Planorboidea
Family:	Planorbidae
Subfamily:	Planorbinae
Tribe:	Biomphalariini
Genus:	Biomphalaria
Species:	B. kuhniana
Binomial name
Biomphalaria kuhniana (Clessin, 1883)

Shell description

All species within the family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

Dominica.[1]

Phylogeny

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of species within the genus Biomphalaria:[2]

Biomphalaria

Biomphalaria stanleyi     Biomphalaria pfeifferi       Biomphalaria camerunensis     Nilotic species complex       Biomphalaria sudanica     Biomphalaria choanomphala       Biomphalaria alexandrina       Biomphalaria smithi         Biomphalaria glabrata           Biomphalaria straminea complex     Biomphalaria kuhniana     Biomphalaria straminea         Biomphalaria straminea     Biomphalaria intermedia           Biomphalaria amazonica     Biomphalaria sp.           Biomphalaria tenagophila     Biomphalaria occidentalis             Biomphalaria prona     Biomphalaria andecola       Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)               Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)     Biomphalaria temascalensis       Biomphalaria obstructa         Biomphalaria helophila       Biomphalaria peregrina       Biomphalaria schrammi

References

1. Reeves, W. K.; Dillon, R. T.; Dasch, G. A. (2008). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites". American Malacological Bulletin. 24: 59–63. doi:10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.59. PDF Archived 2010-01-07 at the Wayback Machine.
2. Dejong, R. J.; Morgan, J. A.; Paraense, W. L.; Pointier, J. P.; Amarista, M.; Ayeh-Kumi, P. F.; Babiker, A.; Barbosa, C. S.; Brémond, P.; Pedro Canese, A.; De Souza, C. P.; Dominguez, C.; File, S.; Gutierrez, A.; Incani, R. N.; Kawano, T.; Kazibwe, F.; Kpikpi, J.; Lwambo, N. J.; Mimpfoundi, R.; Njiokou, F.; Noël Poda, J.; Sene, M.; Velásquez, L. E.; Yong, M.; Adema, C. M.; Hofkin, B. V.; Mkoji, G. M.; Loker, E. S. (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 (12): 2225–2239. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003769. PMID 11719572.