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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.

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Length
178 w
Citations
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Source
Bulinus crystallinus
Shell of Bulinus crystallinus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Bulinidae
Genus: Bulinus
Species:
B. crystallinus
Binomial name
Bulinus crystallinus
(Morelet, 1868)
Synonyms

Physa crystallina Morelet, 1867 (original combination)

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

Distribution

This species is found in Angola and Gabon.

References

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. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  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.