Biomphalaria smithi

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon = Biomphalaria smithi

| 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

The width of the shell is from 7.5 mm to 9.5. The height of the shell is 4 mm. The height of the aperture is 5 mm. The width of the aperture is 4.5 mm.

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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|1=Biomphalaria stanleyi

|2=Biomphalaria pfeifferi

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|2=Biomphalaria camerunensis

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|1=Biomphalaria sudanica

|2=Biomphalaria choanomphala

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|2=Biomphalaria alexandrina

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|2=Biomphalaria smithi

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|2=Biomphalaria glabrata

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|label1=Biomphalaria straminea complex

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|1=Biomphalaria kuhniana

|2=Biomphalaria straminea

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|1=Biomphalaria straminea

|2=Biomphalaria intermedia

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|2={{clade

|1=Biomphalaria amazonica

|2=Biomphalaria sp.

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|2={{clade

|1=Biomphalaria tenagophila

|2=Biomphalaria occidentalis

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|1=Biomphalaria prona

|2=Biomphalaria andecola

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|2=Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)

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|1=Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)

|2=Biomphalaria temascalensis

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|2=Biomphalaria obstructa

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|2=Biomphalaria helophila

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|2=Biomphalaria peregrina

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|2=Biomphalaria schrammi

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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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Category:Biomphalaria

Category:Gastropods described in 1910