Bulinus
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from bulla (“anything round; boss, knob”) + -inus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix).
Proper noun[edit]
Bulinus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Planorbidae – small sinistral freshwater pulmonate snails including a number that are intermediate hosts of flukes of domestic animals.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Basommatophora - order ; Planorbidae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Bulinus africanus, Bulinus forskalii, Bulinus reticulatus, Bulinus tropicus, Bulinus truncatus - species
References[edit]
Bulinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Bulinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
