| Bulinus globosus | |
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| apertural view of the shell of Bulinus globosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Bulinidae |
| Genus: | Bulinus |
| Species: | B. globosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Physa globosus Morelet, 1866 | |
Bulinus globosus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.
Parasites
Bulinus globosus is an intermediary host of Schistosoma haematobium, along with Bulinus truncatus.23
References
References
- Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Lange, C. (2018). "Bulinus globosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T99504682A120114163. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T99504682A120114163.en. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- Sène, M; Southgate, VR; Vercruysse, J (February 2004). "Bulinus truncatus, intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Senegal River Basin (SRB)". Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique. 97 (1): 29–32. PMID 15104154.
- Marti, HP; Tanner, M; Degrémont, AA; Freyvogel, TA (June 1985). "Studies on the ecology of Bulinus globosus, the intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Ifakara area, Tanzania". Acta Tropica. 42 (2): 171–87. PMID 2862780.
Further reading
Further reading
- Cridland, C. C. (1967). "Resistance of Bulinus (Physopsis) globosus, Bulinus (Ph.) africanus, Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Lymnaea natalensis to experimental desiccation". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 36 (3): 507–513. PMC 2476301. PMID 5299680.