Biomphalaria salinarum ( Morelet, 1867 )

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32. Biomphalaria salinarum ( Morelet, 1867)

Distribution and year: Lake Ngami N/A ( Connolly 1912; 1939).

Geographic range: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, South Africa.

Habitat: Freshwater.

Notes: The species is an intermediate host of parasites Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma edwardiense

Thurston, 1964, notorious for causing schistosomiasis ( Brown 1994).

Type locality: In a stream connected to Dungo salt pans near Cuije River, Angola ( Morelet 1866) .

Sources: Connolly (1912: 238, as Planorbis salinarum , a subfossil record; 1939: 487); van Bruggen (1966 a: 109).

Conservation status: Data Deficient.