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Bulinus wrighti

Bulinus wrighti is a species of small tropical air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae.

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Bulinus wrighti
Bulinus wrighti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Bulinidae
Genus: Bulinus
Species:
B. wrighti
Binomial name
Bulinus wrighti
Mandahl-Barth, 1965

Bulinus wrighti is a species of small tropical air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulinidae.1

Distribution

The type locality is Wadi Hatib, at about 1280 m. southeast of Nisab District, Upper Aulaqui District at Rassais, South Yemen.1

References

References

  1. Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5. pages 260-261.