Biomphalaria pfeifferi: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Family
- Planorbidae
- Genus
- Biomphalaria
- Species
- Biomphalaria pfeifferi
- Scientific Name
- Biomphalaria pfeifferi
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Biomphalaria pfeifferi
Biomphalaria pfeifferi is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic animal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
This snail is a medically important pest, because of transferring the disease schistosomiasis.
...Biomphalaria pfeifferi in languages:
- English
- Pfeiffer's Ramshorn Snail
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Biomphalaria alexandrina
- Biomphalaria andecola
- Biomphalaria angulosa
- Biomphalaria arabica
- Biomphalaria barthi
- Biomphalaria belizensis
- Biomphalaria boucardianus
- Biomphalaria camerunensis
- Biomphalaria choanomphala
- Biomphalaria costata
- Biomphalaria glabrata
- Biomphalaria gracilenta
- Biomphalaria havanensis
- Biomphalaria helophila
- Biomphalaria kuhniana
- Biomphalaria obstructa
- Biomphalaria orbicula
- Biomphalaria peregrina
- Biomphalaria petenensis
- Biomphalaria pfeifferi
- Biomphalaria raimondi
- Biomphalaria rhodesiensis
- Biomphalaria schrammi
- Biomphalaria smithi
- Biomphalaria stanleyi
- Biomphalaria subprona
- Biomphalaria sudanica
- Biomphalaria tenagophila
- Biomphalaria tepicensis
- Biomphalaria thermala
















