Biomphalaria salinarum

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.