Biomphalaria peregrina

Biomphalaria peregrina
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. peregrina
Binomial name
Biomphalaria peregrina
(Orbigny, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Taphius peregrinus
  • Biomphalaria pucaraensis (Preston, 1909)

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

The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral.

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Neotropical and include: Peru, ...

Phylogeny

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[1]

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. 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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