Bulinus nyassanus
| Bulinus nyassanus | |
|---|---|
| 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. nyassanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulinus nyassanus (E. A. Smith, 1877)[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Physa nyassana E. A. Smith, 1877 | |
Bulinus nyassanus is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.
This species is endemic to Lake Malawi.
References
- ↑ Brown D. S. (1996). Bulinus nyassanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- ↑ Smith E. A. (1877). "On the shells of Lake Nyasa, and on a few marine species from Mozambique". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 712-722. pages 717-718, plate 75, figure 16-17.
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