title: Biomphalaria alexandrina
text: # Biomphalaria alexandrina
  
  Biomphalaria alexandrina is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species occur in Egypt
  
  ## Habitat
  
  Biomphalaria alexandrina lives in freshwater, for example in irrigation canals.
  
  ## Feeding habits
  
  In captivity, Biomphalaria alexandrina can be fed on boiled leaves of lettuce.
  
  ## Parasites
  
  Biomphalaria alexandrina serves as an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni
  
  ## Hybrid
  
  There is a known hybrid Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina, from Egypt.
  
  ## Phylogeny
  
  A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:
  
  