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Helisoma

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Helisoma is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. FamilyPlanorbidae
Habitatfreshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,991
With media
977
Family
Planorbidae
Collections
PRI, LACM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UF, SDNHM, MSB
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Netherlands

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Planorbidae
Image
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.372960 - Helisoma anceps (Menke, 1830) - Planorbidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Commons category
Helisoma
taxon name
Helisoma
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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Helisoma is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Helisoma snails are an intermediate host of Megalodiscus temperatus.

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