Biomphalaria smithi
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Biomphalaria smithi is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Biomphalaria smithi is the type species of the genus Biomphalaria. The type material is stored in the Natural History Museum.
Distribution
The type locality is the Lake Albert, Uganda.
Shell description
The width of the shell is from 7.5mm to 9.5. The height of the shell is 4mm. The height of the aperture is 5mm. The width of the aperture is 4.5mm.
Phylogeny
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:
Further reading
- Baker F. C. (1945) . Urbana, The University of Illinois Press, page