Bulinus forskalii
| Bulinus forskalii | |
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| an apertural view of the shell of Bulinus forskalii | |
| 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. forskalii |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg, 1831) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Isidora forskalii Ehrenberg, 1831 | |
Bulinus forskalii 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.
Distribution
Bulinus forskalii is an afrotropical[1] species and occur in number of countries in Africa:
- Northern Africa: only in Egypt and Sudan.[1]
- Western Africa: Benin,[2] Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal[3] and Togo.[1]
- Eastern Africa: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
- Central Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.[1] An extreme variant of Bulinus forskalii lives also on São Tomé Island.[4]
- Southern Africa: South Africa and Swaziland.[1]
It has been recently introduced to Madagascar.[5]
Its presence is uncertain in Mauritania, Nigeria and in Sierra Leone.[1]
Ecology
Its natural habitat are lake margins, swamps, marshes and wetland areas.[1] It lives in all types of freshwater bodies and it has been found mainly in dams and brooks in South Africa.[6] The substratum is often muddy.[6]
Bulinus forskalii is a hermaphroditic species.[7] Self-fertilization can occur.[8]
Parasites of Bulinus forskalii include:
- as intermediate host for Schistosoma guineensis[7]
- as intermediate host for Schistosoma intercalatum[4]
- as intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium - experimental infection in Niger,[9] but incompatible in South Africa[6]
- as intermediate host for Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus,[6] that causes gastrodiscosis in horses[10]
- three species of paramphistomes (superfamily Paramphistomoidea)[11]
It has been found incompatible with Schistosoma mattheei in South Africa.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Appleton C., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Ngereza C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Bulinus forskalii. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 7 May 2011.
- ↑ Ibikounlé, M.; Mouahid, G.; Sakiti, N. G.; Massougbodji, A.; Moné, H. (2009). "Freshwater snail diversity in Benin (West Africa) with a focus on human schistosomiasis". Acta Tropica 111 (1): 29–34. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.02.001. PMID 19426659.
- ↑ (French) Sarr A., Kinzelbach R. & Diouf M. (2011, in press). "Diversité spécifique et écologie des mollusques continenatux de la basse vallée du Ferlo (Sénégal). [Specific diversity and ecology of continental molluscs from the Lower Ferlo Valley (Senegal)]". MalaCo 7: 8 pp. PDF.
- 1 2 Brown D. S. (1991). "Freshwater snails of São Tomé, with special reference to Bulinus forskalii (Ehrenberg), host of Schistosoma intercalatum". Hydrobiologia 209(2): 141-153. doi:10.1007/BF00006926.
- ↑ Stothard, J. R.; Brémond, P.; Andriamaro, L.; Sellin, B.; Sellin, E.; Rollinson, D. (2003). "Bulinus species on Madagascar: Molecular evolution, genetic markers and compatibility with Schistosoma haematobium". Parasitology 123 (7). doi:10.1017/S003118200100806X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 De Kock, K. N.; Wolmarans, C. T. (2005). "Distribution, habitats and role as intermediate host of the freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii, in South Africa". The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research 72 (2): 165–174. PMID 16137134.
- 1 2 Gow, J. L.; Noble, L. R.; Rollinson, D.; Mimpfoundi, R.; Jones, C. S. (2004). "Breeding system and demography shape population genetic structure across ecological and climatic zones in the African freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), intermediate host for schistosomes". Molecular Ecology 13 (11): 3561–3573. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02339.x. PMID 15488012.
- ↑ Gow, J. L.; Noble, L. R.; Rollinson, D.; Jones, C. S. (2005). "A high incidence of clustered microsatellite mutations revealed by parent-offspring analysis in the African freshwater snail, Bulinus forskalii (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Genetica 124 (1): 77–83. doi:10.1007/s10709-005-0204-6. PMID 16011005.
- ↑ Labbo, R.; Djibrilla, A.; Zamanka, H.; Garba, A.; Chippaux, J. -P. (2007). "Bulinus forskalii: A new potential intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium in Niger". Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101 (8): 847–848. doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.03.016. PMID 17568645.
- ↑ Mukaratirwa, S.; Munjere, I. F.; Takawira, M.; Chingwena, G. (2004). "Susceptibility of 7 freshwater gastropod species in Zimbabwe to infection with Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus (Cobbold, 1876) Looss, 1896". Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 75 (4): 186–188. PMID 15830604.
- ↑ Lotfy, W. M.; Brant, S. V.; Ashmawy, K. I.; Devkota, R.; Mkoji, G. M.; Loker, E. S. (2010). "A molecular approach for identification of paramphistomes from Africa and Asia". Veterinary Parasitology 174 (3–4): 234–240. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.08.027. PMID 20880634.
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