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Planorbarius

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Planorbarius
A live individual of Planorbarius corneus carrying the shell with the umbilicus uppermost as normal
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Planorbinae
Tribe: Coretini
Genus: Planorbarius
Duméril, 1806[1]
Type species
Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Coretus Gray, 1847 (junior synonym)
  • Planorbis (Coretus) Gray, 1847

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.[2]

Species

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Species within this genus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Planorbarius borelli (Brusina, 1892): synonym of † Planorbarius borellii (Brusina, 1892)
  • Planorbarius cornus (Brongniart, 1810): synonym of † Planorbarius cornu (Brongniart, 1810)
  • Planorbarius grandis (Halaváts, 1903): synonym of † Planorbarius halavatsi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Kroh, Georgopoulou & Mandic, 2014
  • Planorbarius thiollierei (Michaud, 1855): synonym of † Planorbarius thiollieri (Michaud, 1855)

Description

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All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Planorbarius corneus. View of the sunken spire (held facing downwards in life)
Planorbarius corneus. View of umbilicus (held uppermost in life)

References

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  1. ^ Duméril A. M. C. (1806). Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. pp. i-xxxiii [= 1-33], 1–344. Paris. (Allais).
  2. ^ a b Neubauer, Thomas A.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Planorbarius Duméril, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818481 on 2014-11-19
  3. ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. - Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
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