Bulinus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from bulla (“anything round; boss, knob”) +‎ -inus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix).

Proper noun

Bulinus m

1. 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

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Basommatophora - order ; Planorbidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bulinus africanus, Bulinus forskalii, Bulinus reticulatus, Bulinus tropicus, Bulinus truncatus - species

References

• Bulinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bulinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.