Helisoma | |
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Helisoma anceps | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Tribe: | Helisomatini |
Genus: | Helisoma Swainson, 1840[1] |
Helisoma is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Synonym:
- Carinifex Binney, 1864[2]
Helisoma snails are an intermediate host of Megalodiscus temperatus.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Helisoma include:
- Helisoma anceps, sometimes known as Planorbella anceps
- Helisoma campanulatum (Say, 1821) : synonym of Planorbella campanulata (Say, 1821)
References
- ^ Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London: Longman. p. 337.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Carinifex Binney in Carpenter, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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