Biomphalaria smithi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Biomphalaria |
| Species: | B. smithi
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| Binomial name | |
| Biomphalaria smithi | |
Biomphalaria smithi is a
's horn snails.Biomphalaria smithi is the type species of the genus Biomphalaria.[1] The type material is stored in the Natural History Museum.[1]
Distribution
The type locality is the Lake Albert,[1] Uganda.
Shell description
The width of the shell is from 7.5 mm to 9.5. The height of the shell is 4 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 5 mm. The width of the aperture is 4.5 mm.[1]
Phylogeny
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[2]
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References
- ^ Annals and Magazine of Natural History including zoology, botany, and geology 6(8 series, 35): 526-. 535, plate IXfigure 26, 26A.
- PMID 11719572.
Further reading
- Baker F. C. (1945) The molluscan family Planorbidae. Urbana, The University of Illinois Press, page 89