Bulinus natalensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Family
- Bulinidae
- Genus
- Bulinus
- Species
- Bulinus natalensis
- Scientific Name
- Bulinus natalensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Bulinus natalensis
Bulinus natalensis is a species of a tropical freshwater snail with a sinistral shell, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails and their allies. Its geographical distribution is largely limited to Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. This species occurs in standing, perennial freshwater habitat and has the ability to aestivate for up to six months during a drought.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Bulinus abyssinicus
- Bulinus africanus
- Bulinus angolensis
- Bulinus barthi
- Bulinus beccarii
- Bulinus browni
- Bulinus camerunensis
- Bulinus canescens
- Bulinus crystallinus
- Bulinus depressus
- Bulinus forskalii
- Bulinus globosus
- Bulinus hexaploidus
- Bulinus hightoni
- Bulinus jousseaumei
- Bulinus nasutus
- Bulinus natalensis
- Bulinus nyassanus
- Bulinus obtusus
- Bulinus octoploidus
- Bulinus permembranaceus
- Bulinus reticulatus
- Bulinus scalaris
- Bulinus senegalensis
- Bulinus succinoides
- Bulinus transversalis
- Bulinus trigonus
- Bulinus tropicus
- Bulinus truncatus
- Bulinus ugandae
- Bulinus umbilicatus
- Bulinus wrighti









