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Planorbis

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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. 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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Planorbidae
Image
Planorbis planorbis drawing.jpg
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Commons category
Planorbis
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Planorbis
topic's main category
Category:Planorbis
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