Biomphalaria smithi
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| authority = Preston, 1910Preston H. B. (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 [https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof861910lond 6(8 series, 35)]: 526-. [https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof861910lond#page/534/mode/2up 535], [https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof861910lond#page/n685/mode/2up plate IX] figure 26, 26A.
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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. The type material is stored in the Natural History Museum.
Distribution
The type locality is the Lake Albert, Uganda.
Shell description
Phylogeny
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in 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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References
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Further reading
- Baker F. C. (1945) [https://archive.org/details/molluscanfamilyp00bake The molluscan family Planorbidae]. Urbana, The University of Illinois Press, page [https://archive.org/stream/molluscanfamilyp00bake#page/89/mode/1up/search/biomphalaria 89]
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