Biomphalaria stanleyi explained

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

Distribution

This species is African, and occurs in:

Lake Albert,^[1] Uganda. (Lake Albert is between Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lake Chad
Lake Cohoha in Burundi

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:^[2]

Biomphalaria stanleyi is found in deeper water in Lake Albert.^[1]

Parasites of Biomphalaria stanleyi include Schistosoma mansoni.

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