Bulinus
Bulinus is a genus of small tropical freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Bulinidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyBulinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations17
via GBIF
Research
1,093 papers- Transcriptional profiling of Bulinus globosus provides insights into immune gene families in snails supporting the transmission of urogenital schistosomiasis.Developmental and comparative immunology · 2024
- Bulinus snails in the Lake Victoria Basin in Kenya: Systematics and their role as hosts for schistosomes.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Feeding strategies
- Dormancy
- Invasive effects
- Schistosomiasis transmission
- Species
- References
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.