Biomphalaria smithi

Biomphalaria smithi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Biomphalaria
Species:	B. smithi
Binomial name
	Biomphalaria smithi; , 1910

Biomphalaria smithi is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Biomphalaria smithi is the type species of the genus Biomphalaria.^[1] The type material is stored in the Natural History Museum.^[1]

Distribution[]

The type locality is the Lake Albert,^[1] Uganda.

Shell description[]

The width of the shell is from 7.5 mm to 9.5. The height of the shell is 4 mm.^[1] The height of the aperture is 5 mm. The width of the aperture is 4.5 mm.^[1]

Phylogeny[]

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:^[2]

Biomphalaria

	Biomphalaria stanleyi

	Biomphalaria pfeifferi

Biomphalaria camerunensis

Nilotic species complex

	Biomphalaria sudanica

Biomphalaria alexandrina

Biomphalaria smithi

Biomphalaria glabrata

Biomphalaria straminea complex

	Biomphalaria kuhniana

	Biomphalaria straminea

	Biomphalaria straminea



	Biomphalaria sp.

	Biomphalaria tenagophila



	Biomphalaria andecola

Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)

	Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)

Biomphalaria peregrina

Biomphalaria schrammi

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f (1910) "Addition to the non-Marine Molluscan Fauna of British and German East Africa and Lake Albert Edward". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including zoology, botany, and geology 6(8 series, 35): 526-. 535, plate IX figure 26, 26A.
^ 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.

External links[]

[Preston1910-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f (1910) "Addition to the non-Marine Molluscan Fauna of British and German East Africa and Lake Albert Edward". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including zoology, botany, and geology 6(8 series, 35): 526-. 535, plate IX figure 26, 26A.

[DeJong2001-2] 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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