Helisoma
Helisoma is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
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| Helisoma anceps | |
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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:
- Helisoma anceps, sometimes shown as Planorbella anceps
- Species brought into synonymy
- Helisoma campanulatum (Say, 1821) : synonym of Planorbella campanulata (Say, 1821)
References
- Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.: 337.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Carinifex Binney in Carpenter, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- 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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