Biomphalaria alexandrina
| Biomphalaria alexandrina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Biomphalaria |
| Species: | B. alexandrina
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| Binomial name | |
| Biomphalaria alexandrina (Ehrenberg, 1831)
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Biomphalaria alexandrina is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Distribution
[edit]This species occur in Egypt
Habitat
[edit]Biomphalaria alexandrina lives in freshwater, for example in irrigation canals.
Feeding habits
[edit]In captivity, Biomphalaria alexandrina can be fed on boiled leaves of lettuce.[1]
Parasites
[edit]Biomphalaria alexandrina serves as an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni
Hybrid
[edit]There is a known hybrid Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina, from Egypt.[2]
Phylogeny
[edit]A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[3]
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References
[edit]- ^ Bakry, F. A. (2009). "Genetic Variation Between Biomphalaria Alexandrina and Biomphalaria Glabrata Snails and Their Infection with Egyptian Strain of Schistosoma Mansoni" (PDF). Journal of Applied Sciences Research. 5 (9): 1142–1148.
- ^ Yousif, F.; Ibrahim, A.; Abdel Kader, A.; El-Bardicy, S. (1998). "Invasion of the Nile Valley in Egypt by a hybrid of Biomphalaria glabrata and Biomphalaria alexandrina, snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 28 (2): 569–582. PMID 9707685.
- ^ 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. (2001). "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. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003769. PMID 11719572.
Further reading
[edit]- Kamel, E. G. (1984). "The egg mass and growth rate of Biomphalaria alexandrina under laboratory conditions". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 14 (2): 377–384. PMID 6512287.