Lymnaea
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Lymnaea is a genus
of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snail
s, aquatic
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family
Lymnaeidae
, the pond snails.
Lymnaea is the type genus of the family Lymnaeidae.
Genera
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of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae
Lymnaeidae is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila....
, the pond snails.
Lymnaea is the type genus of the family Lymnaeidae.
Species
Species within the genus Lymnaea include:- Lymnaea acuminataLymnaea acuminataLymnaea acuminata is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.- Parasites :Lymnaea acuminata is the first intermediate host for trematodes Schistosoma nasale and for Schistosoma spindale....
- Lymnaea atkaensis Dall, 1884 - frigid lymnaea
- Lymnaea cailliaudiLymnaea cailliaudiLymnaea cailliaudi is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.- Distribution :Lymnaea cailliaudi lives in east Africa.In Egypt it has been detected in water bodies of the Nile Delta.- Habitat :...
- Lymnaea cousini
- Lymnaea cubensis
- Lymnaea diaphana
- Lymnaea emarginata SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
- Lymnaea fuscaLymnaea fuscaLymnaea fusca is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.-Distribution:This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:* Great Britain* Ireland...
(C. Pfeiffer, 1821) - Lymnaea fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lymnaea kazakensis Mozley, 1934
- Lymnaea neotropica Bargues et al., 2007
- Lymnaea stagnalisLymnaea stagnalisLymnaea stagnalis, better known as the great pond snail, is a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.-Distribution:The distribution of this species is Holarctic...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - great pond snail, type speciesType speciesIn biological nomenclature, a type species is both a concept and a practical system which is used in the classification and nomenclature of animals and plants. The value of a "type species" lies in the fact that it makes clear what is meant by a particular genus name. A type species is the species... - Lymnaea tomentosa Pfeiffer, 1855
- Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoniLymnaea tomentosa hamiltoniLymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni is an extinct subspecies of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails....
Dell, 1956
- Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni
- Lymnaea viatrix
- Lymnaea vulnerata Küster, 1862
Synonyms
- Pseudosuccinea columellaPseudosuccinea columellaPseudosuccinea columella, common name the "American ribbed fluke snail", is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails....
, synonym: Lymnaea columella - Stagnicola palustrisStagnicola palustrisStagnicola palustris is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.-Description:...
, synonym: Lymnaea palustris - Marsh snail - Radix auriculariaRadix auriculariaRadix auricularia, common name the big-ear radix, is a species of medium-sized freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.Radix auricularia is the type species of the genus Radix.-Forms:...
, synonym: Lymnaea auricularia - Radix luteola, synonym: Lymnaea luteola
- Radix natalensisRadix natalensisRadix natalensis is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae.It is widely distributed in Africa. It is a major intermediate host for Fasciola gigantica in Africa. Placement of this species in the genus Radix was confirmed by Correa et al...
, synonym: Lymnaea natalensis - Radix peregraRadix peregraRadix peregra, previously known as Lymnaea peregra or Lymnaea pereger, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails....
, synonym Lymnaea peregra - Wandering snail - Radix ovata, synonym Lymnaea ovata