Bulinus crystallinus

Bulinus crystallinus is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. [2]

Bulinus crystallinus
Shell of Bulinus crystallinus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)

Data Deficient  (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. crystallinus
Binomial name
Bulinus crystallinus
(Morelet, 1868)
Synonyms

Physa crystallina Morelet, 1867 (original combination)

Distribution

This species is found in Angola and Gabon.

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References
  1. Kristensen, T.K. & Stensgaard, A.-S. (2010). "Bulinus crystallinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T3316A9755874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3316A9755874.en.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bulinus crystallinus (Morelet, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1319906 on 2020-06-27
  • Morelet, A., 1868 Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. In: Voyage du Dr. Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du gourvernement portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguela, p. 102 pp
  • Breure, A. S. H., Audibert, C., Ablett, J. D. (2018). Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology. Leiden: Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. 544 pp.


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