小泡螺属于埃及血吸虫的中间宿主,主要分布于非洲、阿拉伯和近东地区以及印度洋西部的一些岛屿,包括马达加斯加和马斯长林群岛。Subha Rao等(1994)将从印度马哈拉施特拉的Poona河采集的淡水螺,通过螺壳形态的观察,定名为印度小泡螺(Buli-nus indicus),并认为该螺可作为血吸虫的中间宿主,其左旋的螺纹、大小和一般形态均与小泡螺相似,但就其形态特点,Adams早在 Microflora is an intermediate host of S. schistosomes and is predominantly found in Africa, Arab and Near East and some islands in the western Indian Ocean, including Madagascar and the Marshall Islands. Subha Rao et al. (1994) identified the freshwater snails collected from the Poona River in Maharashtra, India, as Buli-nus indicus, by observation of the morphology of the snail, and considered it as a schistosome Of the intermediate host, the left-handed thread, the size and general shape are similar with the small snails, but its morphological characteristics, Adams as early as