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Planorbis
Sign in to savePlanorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyPlanorbidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded63,377
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,433
- With media
- 118
- Family
- Planorbidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, SDNHM, UCM
- Recorded in
- Dr Congo, United States, Uganda, Ethiopia, Algeria, Ecuador, Morocco, Mexico
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Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
==Description== Planorbis shells are flat-coiled and sinistral.
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