Helisoma

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

Helisoma
Helisoma anceps
Scientific classification
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Subfamily:
Bulininae
Tribe:
Coretini
Genus:
Helisoma

Synonym:

  • Carinifex Binney, 1864[2]

Helisoma snails are an intermediate host of megalodiscus temperatus.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Helisoma include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 337.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Carinifex Binney in Carpenter, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. Bolek, M.G.; Janovy, J. (2008). "Alternative life cycle strategies of Megalodiscus temperatus in tadpoles and metamorphosed anurans". Parasite. 15 (3): 396–401. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.621.1582. doi:10.1051/parasite/2008153396. ISSN 1252-607X. PMID 18814713.
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