Biomphalaria
| Biomphalaria Temporal range:
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| An albino individual of Biomphalaria glabrata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Planorbinae |
| Tribe: | Helisomatini |
| Genus: | Preston, 1910[1] |
| Type species | |
| Biomphalaria smithi Preston, 1910
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| Diversity[2] | |
| 34 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taphius (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855) Planorbis (Planorbina) (Haldeman, 1842) | |
Biomphalaria is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonates belonging to the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.[3][4]
Biomphalaria is the type genus of the tribe Biomphalariini. Both Planorbis and Taphius are synonyms for Biomphalaria.[3][5]
The shell of this species, like all planorbids is left coiling (sinistral), but is carried upside down and thus appears to be right coiling (dextral).
- ^ Preston H. B. (1910) "Addition to the non-Marine Molluscan Fauna of British and German East Africa and Lake Albert Edward". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including zoology, botany, and geology 6(8 series, 35): 526-. 535, plate IX figure 26, 26A.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Majoroswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Biomphalaria Preston, 1910". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Preston, H.B. (November 1910). "LX.—Additions to the non-Marine molluscan fauna of British and German East Africa and Lake Abert Edward". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (35): 526–536. doi:10.1080/00222931008692885. ISSN 0374-5481.
- ^ Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2): 167–168.