Bulinus truncatus

Bulinus truncatus
A lateral view of the shell of Bulinus truncatus truncatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Bulinus
Species:
B. truncatus
Binomial name
Bulinus truncatus
(Audouin, 1827)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Bulinus (Bulinus) truncatus (Audoin, 1827) (new combination)
  • Bulinus (Isidora) dybowskii P. Fischer, 1891· accepted, alternate representation
  • Bulinus (Isidora) truncatus (Audouin, 1827)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Bulinus (Isidora) truncatus rohlfsi (Clessin, 1886) (junior synonym)
  • Bulinus (Isidora) truncatus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Bulinus dybowskii P. Fischer, 1891
  • Bulinus guernei (Dautzenberg, 1890) (junior synonym)
  • Bulinus hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1831) (junior synonym)
  • Bulinus rohlfsi (Clessin, 1886)
  • Bulinus sericinus (Jickeli, 1874) (a junior synonym)
  • Bullinus (Isidora) mussolinii Piersanti, 1940 (a junior synonym)
  • Isidora guernei Dautzenberg, 1890 (junior synonym)
  • Isidora hemprichii Ehrenberg, 1831
  • Isidora sericina Jickeli, 1874 (a junior synonym)
  • Physa (Isidora) vaneyi Germain, 1907
  • Physa coulboisi Bourguignat, 1888 (junior synonym)
  • Physa mutandaensis Preston, 1913 (junior synonym)
  • Physa rohlfsi Clessin, 1886 (a junior synonym)
  • Physa truncata Audouin, 1827

Bulinus truncatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulininae of the family Bulinidae, the ram's horn snails and the like.[3]

Subspecies
  • Bulinus truncatus contortus (Michaud, 1829) (synonym: Physa contorta Michaud, 1829 )
  • Bulinus truncatus rivularis (Philippi, 1836)
  • Bulinus truncatus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)
  1. ^ "Synonyms of Physa truncata". AnimalBase, accessed 13 June 2011.
  2. ^ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Bulinus truncatus (Audouin, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716338 on 2022-01-14