Bulinus globosus

24. Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866) Distribution and year: Kwando River [SMWN76388] 1986 (Brown et al. 1992); Chobe River at Ngoma [SMWN76312] 1986 (Brown et al. 1992); Chobe River near Ihaha [SMWN76350] 1986 (Brown et al. 1992); Mochudi N/A (Brown 1994); Okavango Delta, Nxamaseri [SMWN76263] 1984 (Brown et al. 1992); Boro channel opposite Nxaraga Lagoon [ETD4301] 1984 (Brown et al. 1992); Upper panhandle, Okavango Delta 2000 (Appleton et al. 2003); Guma Lagoon, Okavango Delta 1999, 2000 (Jansen van Rensburg 2001; Appleton et al. 2003); Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta 1999, 2000 (Jansen van Rensburg 2001; Appleton et al. 2003). Geographic range: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Habitat: Freshwater. Notes: The species is distributed mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring in freshwater systems such as rivers, lakes, earth dams, seasonal pools and irrigation systems (Brown 1994). The mollusc is an intermediate host for Schistosoma species causing human and cattle schistosomiasis (Appleton et al. 2003). Type locality: Dande, Angola (Morelet 1866). Sources: Brown & Kristensen (1989: 44); Brown et al. (1992: 31); Brown (1994: 273); Jansen van Rensburg (2001: 29); Appleton et al. (2003: 58–68); GBIF (2023 b). Conservation status: Least Concern.