Biology:Helisoma
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Helisoma | |
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| Helisoma anceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Carinifex Binney in Carpenter, 1864". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992807.
- ↑ Bolek, M.G.; Janovy, J. (2008). "Alternative life cycle strategies of Megalodiscus temperatus in tadpoles and metamorphosed anurans". Parasite 15 (3): 396–401. doi:10.1051/parasite/2008153396. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 18814713.
Wikidata ☰ Q3073692 entry
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