Biomphalaria stanleyi

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

Biomphalaria stanleyi
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. stanleyi
Binomial name
Biomphalaria stanleyi (Smith, 1888)
Synonyms[2]
Planorbis stanleyi Smith, 1888

Distribution

This species is African, and occurs in:

• Lake Albert,[3] Uganda. (Lake Albert is between Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Lake Chad
• Lake Cohoha in Burundi

Phylogeny

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[4]

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

Ecology

Biomphalaria stanleyi is found in deeper water in Lake Albert.[3]

Parasites of Biomphalaria stanleyi include Schistosoma mansoni.[2]

References

1. IUCN (2012). "Biomphalaria stanleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
2. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
3. Kazibwe, F.; Makanga, B.; Rubaire-Akiiki, C.; Ouma, J.; Kariuki, C.; Kabatereine, N. B.; Booth, M.; Vennervald, B. J.; Sturrock, R. F.; Stothard, J. R. (2006). "Ecology of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Albert, Western Uganda: Snail distributions, infection with schistosomes and temporal associations with environmental dynamics". Hydrobiologia. 568: 433–444. doi:10.1007/s10750-006-0224-y.
4. 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.