Bulinus hightoni is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Bulinus hightoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Bulinus |
Species: | B. hightoni
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Binomial name | |
Bulinus hightoni Brown & Wright, 1978
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Distribution
editHabitat
editThis snail lives in rivers, intermittent rivers, and shrub-dominated wetlands. The survival of hits species is threatened by habitat loss.
References
edit- ^ Lange, C. (2010). "Bulinus hightoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T44260A10868558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T44260A10868558.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.