Bulinus truncatus

Bulinus truncatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Bulininae of the family Bulinidae, the ram's horn snails and the like.


 * Subspecies:
 * Bulinus truncatus contortus (Michaud, 1829) (synonym: Physa contorta Michaud, 1829 )
 * Bulinus truncatus rivularis (Philippi, 1836)
 * Bulinus truncatus truncatus (Audouin, 1827)

Distribution
Distribution of Bulinus truncatus include:
 * Africa: Egypt, Morocco Northern Sahara, D.R. Congo, Malawi and Ethiopia.
 * in Ferlo Valley, Western Africa: Senegal
 * in El Ejido (province of Almeria, southern Andalusia), lagoon of Villena (province of Alicante, northern Catalonia, Spain
 * Continental France and Corsica
 * Continental Greece and Crete
 * Italy (Sardinia and Sicily)
 * Portugal
 * Malta
 * Middle East (Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel and Yemen).

Parasites
This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium and Paramphistomum cervi and Paramphistomum microbothrium.