Biomphalaria amazonica Paraense, 1966

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: ÁGUA DOCE

FAMÍLIA: PLANORBIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Biomphalaria amazonica Paraense, 1966

Tamanho: 6 mm

Ocorrência: Brasil (Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia), Bolívia (Santa Cruz)

Localidade tipo: Igarapé da Cachoeirinha on the outskirts of Manaus and in Careiro Island, situated on the Amazon river at its confluence with the Rio Negro, State of Amazonas, Brazil

Nome original: Biomphalaria amazonica Paraense, 1966

Foto: Pointier et al. 2002: B. amazonica, proveniente de “village of Warnes lies near the Piray river, an affluent of the Mamoré”

Fontes:

Descrição original: Paraense W.L. (1966). Biomphalaria amazonica and B. cousini, two new species of Neotropical planorbid mollusks. Revista Brasileira de Biologia. 26: 115-126

Jarne, P., Pointier, J.-P. & David, P. (2011). Biosystematics of Biomphalaria spp. with an emphasis on Biomphalaria glabrata. Biomphalaria Snails and Larval Trematodes. 1-32., disponível online em https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7028-2_1

Pointier, JP & Paraense, WL & Dejong, Randall & Loker, ES & Bargues, Maria & Mas-Coma, Santiago. (2002). A potential snail host of schistosomiasis in Bolivia: Biomphalaria amazonica paraense, 1966. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 97. 793-796. 10.1590/S0074-02762002000600007.

Simone, L. R. L. (2006). Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Brazil. Editora Gráfica Bernardi, FAPESP. São Paulo, 390 pp. página(s): 105

Molluscabase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1060635