Biomphalaria kuhniana explained

Biomphalaria kuhniana is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Shell description

All species within the family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

Dominica.^[1]

Phylogeny

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of species within the genus Biomphalaria:^[2]

Notes and References

1. Reeves . W. K. . Dillon . R. T. . Dasch . G. A. . Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites . 10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.59 . American Malacological Bulletin . 24 . 59–63 . 2008 . 6282227 . PDF .
2. 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003769 . Dejong . R. J. . Morgan . J. A. . Paraense . W. L. . Pointier . J. P. . Amarista . M. . Ayeh-Kumi . P. F. . Babiker . A. . Barbosa . C. S. . Brémond . P. . Pedro Canese . A. . De Souza . C. P. . Dominguez . C. . File . S. . Gutierrez . A. . Incani . R. N. . Kawano . T. . Kazibwe . F. . Kpikpi . J. . Lwambo . N. J. . Mimpfoundi . R. . Njiokou . F. . Noël Poda . J. . Sene . M. . Velásquez . L. E. . Yong . M. . Adema . C. M. . Hofkin . B. V. . Mkoji . G. M. . Loker . E. S. . Evolutionary relationships and biogeography of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with implications regarding its role as host of the human bloodfluke, Schistosoma mansoni . Molecular Biology and Evolution . 18 . 12 . 2225–2239 . 2001 . 11719572. free .