Bulinus abyssinicus

Bulinus abyssinicus is a species of tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.

Bulinus abyssinicus

Least Concern  (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:
Bulininae
Tribe:
Bulinini
Genus:
Bulinus
Species:
B. abyssinicus
Binomial name
Bulinus abyssinicus
Synonyms[3]
  • Physa (Physopsis) abyssinica Martens, 1866
  • Physopsis meneliki Bourguignat, 1885
  • Physopsis soleilleti Bourguignat, 1885

The specific name abyssinicus is after Abyssinia, which was the historic name for the Ethiopian Empire, where its type locality is.

Distribution

The distribution of Bulinus abyssinicus includes the Lower Valley of the Awash, Ethiopia and Somalia.[1]

The type locality is "southern Abyssinia",[2] which means the Ethiopian Empire, now Ethiopia.

Description

The width of the shell is 9 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 14 mm.[3]

The diploid chromosome number is 2n = 36.[3]

Ecology

This small snail lives in marshes and in pools.[3]

This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma bovis[3] and for Schistosoma haematobium.[3]

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References
  1. Van Damme D. (2008). Bulinus abyssinicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 June 2011.
  2. Martens E. von (1866). "Ueber einige afrikanische Binnenconchylien 1. Zusätze zur Uebersicht der Mollusken des Nilgebiets". Malakozoologische Blätter 13: 91-110. page 100.
  3. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5. pages 225-226, 333-334.

Further reading
  • Ahmed M. D., Upatham E. S., Brockelman W. Y. & Viyanant V. (1986). "Population responses of the snail Bulinus (P.) abyssinicus to differing initial social and crowding conditions". Malacological Review 19: 83-89.
  • Maffi M. (1960). "Primo reperto ne basso oltregiuba, Somalia, dei Molluschi d’aqua dolce: Bulinus (P.) abyssinicus, etc." Parassitologia 2: 191-206.
  • Upatham E. S., Koura M., Ahmed M. D. & Awad A. H. (1981). "Studies on the transmission of S. haematobium and the bionomics of Bulinus (P.) abyssinicus in the Somali Democratic Republic". Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 75: 63-69.
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