Species details : Bulinus scalaris Dunker, 1845

Accepted scientific name:
Bulinus scalaris Dunker, 1845 (accepted name)
Synonyms:
Bulinus benguelensis Sowerby, 1873 (synonym)
Bulinus fischerianus Bourguignat, 1856 (synonym)
Bulinus nyangweensis Putzeys, 1898 (synonym)
Common names: -
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Mollusca CoL
Class Gastropoda CoL
Order Hygrophila CoL
Superfamily Planorboidea CoL
Family Planorbidae CoL
Genus Bulinus CoL
Distribution: Africa
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: See Brown (1994) for a treatment of Bulinus, in which several of the species are closely related or confused despite a large body of morphological, genetic and enzymatic work.
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: van Damme D., 31-Mar-2010
Source database: MolluscaFW, 2011   90%
Bibliographic citation: Seddon M. & Rowson B. (2025). MolluscaFW: World Checklist of Freshwater Mollusca (version 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource:
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:17429344-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401