Planorbarius | |
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A live individual of Planorbarius corneus carrying the shell with the umbilicus uppermost as normal | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: |
Planorbarius Duméril, 1806 |
Type species | |
Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Planorbarius is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
Species within this genus include:
All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.