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Species of gastropod
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
This species occur in
Egypt
Habitat
Biomphalaria alexandrina lives in freshwater, for example in
irrigation canals .
Feeding habits
In captivity, Biomphalaria alexandrina can be fed on boiled leaves of
lettuce .
[1]
Parasites
Biomphalaria alexandrina serves as an
intermediate host for
Schistosoma mansoni
Hybrid
There is a known
hybrid
Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina , from Egypt.
[2]
Phylogeny
A
cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria :
[3]
References
^ 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 .
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