Biomphalaria

Biomphalaria
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
An albino individual of Biomphalaria glabrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Planorbinae
Tribe: Helisomatini
Genus: Biomphalaria
Preston, 1910[1]
Type species
Biomphalaria smithi
Preston, 1910
Diversity[2]
34 species
Synonyms

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).

Apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Biomphalaria tenagophila. Scale bar is 3 mm.
  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Majoros was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Biomphalaria Preston, 1910". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2): 167–168.