Biomphalaria alexandrina

Biomphalaria alexandrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Planorbinae
Tribe: Biomphalariini
Genus: Biomphalaria
Species: B. alexandrina
Binomial name
Biomphalaria alexandrina

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]

Biomphalaria









Biomphalaria stanleyi



Biomphalaria pfeifferi




Biomphalaria camerunensis



Nilotic species complex



Biomphalaria sudanica



Biomphalaria choanomphala




Biomphalaria alexandrina




Biomphalaria smithi





Biomphalaria glabrata






Biomphalaria straminea complex


Biomphalaria kuhniana



Biomphalaria straminea





Biomphalaria straminea



Biomphalaria intermedia






Biomphalaria amazonica



Biomphalaria sp.






Biomphalaria tenagophila



Biomphalaria occidentalis







Biomphalaria prona



Biomphalaria andecola




Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)








Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)



Biomphalaria temascalensis




Biomphalaria obstructa





Biomphalaria helophila




Biomphalaria peregrina




Biomphalaria schrammi



References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

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