Bulinus hightoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Bulinus
Species:
B. hightoni
Binomial name
Bulinus hightoni
Brown & Wright, 1978

Bulinus hightoni is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Kenya, Africa.

Habitat

This snail lives in rivers, intermittent rivers, and shrub-dominated wetlands. The survival of hits species is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. 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.


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