Biomphalaria pfeifferi
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| Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Biomphalaria pfeifferi. | |
| 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. pfeifferi |
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Biomphalaria pfeifferi (Krauss, 1848) |
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Biomphalaria pfeifferi is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
This snail is a medically important pest, because of transferring the disease schistosomiasis.
Biomphalaria pfeifferi is an African species. It has recently expanded its native range.
Distribution of Biomphalaria pfeifferi include:
The type locality is Umgani-Valley, Natal, South Africa (in the times of the description it was the British Colony of Natal).
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:
Biomphalaria pfeifferi
Biomphalaria straminea
Biomphalaria sp.
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