Bulinus globosus is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.
Parasites
Bulinus globosus is an intermediary host of Schistosoma haematobium, along with Bulinus truncatus.[2][3]
References
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^ a b Appleton C., Curtis B., Ghamizi M., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C. N., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Bulinus globosus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. . Retrieved 3 December 2010.
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^ Sène, M; Southgate, VR; Vercruysse, J (February 2004). "Bulinus truncatus, intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Senegal River Basin (SRB)". Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique. 97 (1): 29–32. PMID 15104154.
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^ Marti, HP; Tanner, M; Degrémont, AA; Freyvogel, TA (June 1985). "Studies on the ecology of Bulinus globosus, the intermediate host of Schistosoma haematobium in the Ifakara area, Tanzania". Acta Tropica. 42 (2): 171–87. PMID 2862780.
