Planorbarius | |
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A live individual of Planorbarius corneus carrying the shell with the umbilicus uppermost as normal | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Subfamily: | Planorbinae |
Tribe: | Coretini |
Genus: |
Planorbarius Duméril, 1806 [1] |
Type species | |
Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Planorbarius is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells. [2]
Species within this genus include:
All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.
Planorbarius | |
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A live individual of Planorbarius corneus carrying the shell with the umbilicus uppermost as normal | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Subfamily: | Planorbinae |
Tribe: | Coretini |
Genus: |
Planorbarius Duméril, 1806 [1] |
Type species | |
Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Planorbarius is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells. [2]
Species within this genus include:
All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.