Lymnaea

Lymnaea
Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent
The large snail is Lymnaea stagnalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Superfamily: Lymnaeoidea
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Lymnaea
Lamarck, 1799[1]
Type species
Helix stagnalis
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
  • Limneus Sandberger, 1875 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Lymnaea)
  • Lymnaea (Kazakhlymnaea) Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1984
  • Lymnaea (Lymnaea) Lamarck, 1799
  • Lymnaeus (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Lymnaea is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lymnaeinae ( of the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.[2]

Some species are used in aquaculture under the name Melantho snails.[3]

Numerous Lymnaea species serve as intermediate hosts for trematodes.[4][5][6]

Lymnaea is the type genus of the family Lymnaeidae.[7]

  1. ^ Lamarck J. B. P. A. de Monet de. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères génériques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1 [an VII]: 63-91, 1 tableau. Paris.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160345 on 2013-06-06
  3. ^ "Aquaculture Law Digest" (PDF). Ohio Department of Natural Resources (undated). Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. ^ Novobilsky, Adam; Kasny, Martin; Beran, Lubos; Rondelaud, Daniel; Hoglund, Johan (2013). "Lymnaea palustris and Lymnaea fuscus are potential but uncommon intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica in Sweden". Parasit Vectors. 6 (1): 251. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-251. PMC 3765860. PMID 23985077.
  5. ^ "Lymnaea | definition of Lymnaea by Medical dictionary". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. ^ Skala, Vladimir; Walker, Anthony; Horak, Petr (January 2020). "Snail defence responses to parasite infection: The Lymnaea stagnalis-Trichobilharzia szidati model" (PDF). Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 102: 103464. doi:10.1016/j.dci.2019.103464. PMID 31402190. S2CID 199540040.
  7. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.