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Bulinus umbilicatus

Bulinus umbilicatus

Classification

Order
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Family
Bulinidae

Bulinus is a genus of small tropical freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. This genus is medically important because several species of Bulinus function as intermediate hosts for the schistosomiasis blood fluke. Description The shell of species in the genus Bulinus is sinistral.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog