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Biomphalaria salinarum

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Biomphalaria salinarum
Shell of Biomphalaria salinarum (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Biomphalaria
Species:
B. salinarum
Binomial name
Biomphalaria salinarum
(Morelet, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Planorbis salinarum Morelet, 1868

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

This is a taxon inquirendum.[1]

Distribution

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This species is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and South Africa.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kristensen, T.K.; Stensgaard, A-S.; Curtis, B. (2010). "Biomphalaria salinarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T2809A9483372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T2809A9483372.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Rapalai, B.L. (2024). "An annotated checklist of molluscs recorded from Botswana". Indago. 41: 15–44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.13132605.
  • Morelet, A. (1867 [dated 1868]). Voyage du Dr Friederich Welwitsch exécuté par ordre du Gouvernement Portugais dans les royaumes d'Angola et de Benguella (Afrique équinoxiale). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles. Baillière et fils, Paris/London/New York. 1–102, 9 pls, map.
  • Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance, 2nd edition. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.
  • Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum 33: 1–660.
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