Biomphalaria stanleyi is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Distribution
This species is African, and occurs in:
Phylogeny
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[4]
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
Ecology
Biomphalaria stanleyi is found in deeper water in Lake Albert.[3]
Parasites of Biomphalaria stanleyi include Schistosoma mansoni.[2]
References
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^ Van Damme, D.; Lange, C. (2017). "Biomphalaria stanleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T184573A110772983. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T184573A110772983.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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^ a b Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.
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^ a b Kazibwe, F.; Makanga, B.; Rubaire-Akiiki, C.; Ouma, J.; Kariuki, C.; Kabatereine, N. B.; Booth, M.; Vennervald, B. J.; Sturrock, R. F.; Stothard, J. R. (2006). "Ecology of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Lake Albert, Western Uganda: Snail distributions, infection with schistosomes and temporal associations with environmental dynamics". Hydrobiologia. 568: 433–444. doi:10.1007/s10750-006-0224-y. S2CID 7704584.
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^ 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.
