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Glyptophysa
Sign in to saveGlyptophysa is a genus of medium-sized sinistral (left-handed) air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family of Planorbidae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,237
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Planorbidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NMV, MSB, DMNH, QVMAG
- Recorded in
- Thailand, Australia, Philippines, New Zealand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Planorbidae
- Image
- Glyptophysa novaehollandica 58607200.jpg
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- taxon name
- Glyptophysa
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Glyptophysa
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- Glyptophysa
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Encyclopedic overview
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Glyptophysa is a genus of medium-sized sinistral (left-handed) air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family of Planorbidae.
== Description == Shells are medium-sized, smooth and globose to elongate. Shells of Glyptophysa are always sinistral. "Members of the genus possess a twist or fold on the columella, a feature lacking in Isidorella and Physella. Whorls round or carinate."
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