Biomphalaria
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Biomphalaria Temporal range: Eocene–Recent |
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| An albino individual of Biomphalaria glabrata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
| Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Planorbinae |
| Tribe: | Biomphalariini |
| Genus: |
Biomphalaria Preston, 1910 |
| Diversity | |
| 34 species | |
| Synonyms | |
Taphius H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
Biomphalaria is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.
Biomphalaria is the type genus of the tribe Biomphalariini.
Taphius is a synonym for Biomphalaria.
The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral.
There are 34 species in the genus Biomphalaria in total.
There are 22 American species:
There are 12 species in the Old World (Africa, Madagascar and the Middle East):
There is one known hybrid Biomphalaria glabrata × Biomphalaria alexandrina from Egypt.
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of (23 analyzed) species in the genus Biomphalaria:
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