Bulinus

Overviwew[edit | edit source]

Bulinus is a genus of small tropical fresh-water snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks.

This genus is medically important because several species of Bulinus function as intermediate hosts for the schistosomiasis blood fluke.

Range of distriution[edit | edit source]

These snails are widespread in Africa and the Middle East.^[1]

List of species[edit | edit source]

The genus includes 37 species:

• Bulinus africanus
• Bulinus bavayi
• Bulinus camerunensis
• Bulinus cernicus
• Bulinus crystallinus
• Bulinus forskalii
• Bulinus globosus
• Bulinus liratus
• Bulinus nasutus
• Bulinus nyassanus
• Bulinus obtusispira
• Bulinus scalaris
• Bulinus senegalensis
• Bulinus transversalis
• Bulinus tropicus
• Bulinus truncatus
• Bulinus ugandae
• Bulinus umbilicatus
• Bulinus wrighti
• ...

References[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

• http://memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br/93sup1/15cob.html

Template:WH Template:WS