| Great pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Genus: | Lymnaea |
| Species: | L. stagnalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lymnaea stagnalis | |
Lymnaea stagnalis, better known as the great pond snail, is a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae. The great pond snail is a model organism to study parasitology, neurology, embryonal development and genetic regulation.[3]
Limnaea stagnalis var. baltica Lindström, 1868: synonym of Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- ^ Seddon, M.B.; Van Damme, D.; Cordeiro, J. (2017). "Lymnaea stagnalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T155475A42428297. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T155475A42428297.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Linnaeus C. (1758) Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. Vermes. Testacea: 700–781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
- ^ Kuroda, Reiko; Abe, Masanori (2020). "The pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis". EvoDevo. 11 (1): 24. doi:10.1186/s13227-020-00169-4. PMC 7716593. PMID 33292457.