Bulinus jousseaumei is a species of tropical freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. Like other planorbids, the shell of the species is sinistral in coiling.
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| Drawing of apertural view of the shell of Bulinus jousseaumei by Arnould Locard from its type description by Philippe Dautzenberg (1890) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Bulinus |
| Species: | B. jousseaumei
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| Bulinus jousseaumei (Dautzenberg, 1890)[2]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Isidora jousseaumei Dautzenberg, 1890 | |
Distribution edit
The distribution of Bulinus jousseaumei includes Western Africa:
The type locality for this species is the Sénégal River close to Médine, Mali.[3]
Description edit
The width of the shell is 8 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 11 mm.[3]
Diploid chromosome number is 2n = 36.[3]
Ecology edit
This snail lives in permanent streams.[1] It can live in a water current that has a speed up to 0.86 m·s−1 based on laboratory experiments.[3]
The male part of the reproductive system is developed "slightly earlier" (protandry) in Bulinus jousseaumei.[3]
This species is an intermediate host for Schistosoma curassoni[3] and for Schistosoma haematobium.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Van Damme, D.; Kristensen, T.K.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2020). "Bulinus jousseaumei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T165388A151147459. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T165388A151147459.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Dautzenberg P. (1890). "Récoltes malacologiques de M.le Capitaine Em. Dorr, dans le haut-Sénégal, et le Soudan Francais de 1886 à 1889". Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 3: 123-135. page 132. Plate I, figure 10a, 10b.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5. pages 228, 504.
Further reading edit
- Green P., Dussart G. B. J. & Gibson C. (1992). "Surfacing and water-leaving behaviour of the freshwater pulmonate snails Lymnaea peregra (Müller), Biomphalaria glabrata (Say) and Bulinus jousseaumei (Dautzenberg)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 58(2): 169-179. doi:10.1093/mollus/58.2.169.
- Wright C. A. (1957). "Studies on the structure and taxonomy of Bulinus jousseaumei (Dautzenberg)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 5: 1-28.