Biomphalaria kuhniana

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| taxon = Biomphalaria kuhniana

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

Shell description

All species within the family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

Dominica.{{Cite journal | last1 = Reeves | first1 = W. K. | last2 = Dillon | first2 = R. T. | last3 = Dasch | first3 = G. A. | title = Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites | doi = 10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.59 | journal = American Malacological Bulletin | volume = 24 | pages = 59–63 | year = 2008 | s2cid = 6282227 | url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/241808 }} [http://dillonr.people.cofc.edu/ReevesDillonDasch.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107063626/http://dillonr.people.cofc.edu/ReevesDillonDasch.pdf |date=2010-01-07 }}.

Phylogeny

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of species within the genus Biomphalaria:{{Cite journal

| doi = 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003769

| last1 = Dejong | first1 = R. J.

| last2 = Morgan | first2 = J. A.

| last3 = Paraense | first3 = W. L.

| last4 = Pointier | first4 = J. P.

| last5 = Amarista | first5 = M.

| last6 = Ayeh-Kumi | first6 = P. F.

| last7 = Babiker | first7 = A.

| last8 = Barbosa | first8 = C. S.

| last9 = Brémond | first9 = P.

| last10 = Pedro Canese | first10 = A.

| last11 = De Souza | first11 = C. P.

| last12 = Dominguez | first12 = C.

| last13 = File | first13 = S.

| last14 = Gutierrez | first14 = A.

| last15 = Incani | first15 = R. N.

| last16 = Kawano | first16 = T.

| last17 = Kazibwe | first17 = F.

| last18 = Kpikpi | first18 = J.

| last19 = Lwambo | first19 = N. J.

| last20 = Mimpfoundi | first20 = R.

| last21 = Njiokou | first21 = F.

| last22 = Noël Poda | first22 = J.

| last23 = Sene | first23 = M.

| last24 = Velásquez | first24 = L. E.

| last25 = Yong | first25 = M.

| last26 = Adema | first26 = C. M.

| last27 = Hofkin | first27 = B. V.

| last28 = Mkoji | first28 = G. M.

| last29 = Loker | first29 = E. S.

| title = Evolutionary relationships and biogeography of Biomphalaria (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) with implications regarding its role as host of the human bloodfluke, Schistosoma mansoni

| journal = Molecular Biology and Evolution

| volume = 18

| issue = 12

| pages = 2225–2239

| year = 2001

| pmid = 11719572

| doi-access = free

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