''Planorbarius'' is a

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of air-breathing

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s, aquatic

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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s in the

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Planorbidae Planorbidae, common name the ramshorn snails or ram's horn snails, is a family (biology), family of air-breathing freshwater snails, Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod Mollusca, molluscs. Unlike most molluscs, the blood of ram's horn sn ...

, the

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's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells.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

Species

Species within this genus include: * † '' Planorbarius barettii'' (Sacco, 1886) * † '' Planorbarius borellii'' (Brusina, 1892) * ''

Planorbarius corneus ''Planorbarius corneus'', common name the great ramshorn, is a relatively large species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Planorbidae, the sheep, ram's horn s ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

, 1758)Linnaeus C. (1758). ''

Systema Naturae ' (originally in Latin written ' with the Orthographic ligature, ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Sweden, Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the syste ...

per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis''. 10th edition. - Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius). * † '' Planorbarius cornu (''Brongniart, 1810) * † ''

Planorbarius cornucopia ''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.Neubauer, Thomas A.; Bouchet, P ...

'' (Baily, 1858) * † '' Planorbarius crassus'' (Serres, 1844) * † '' Planorbarius garsdorfensis'' Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 * † '' Planorbarius halavatsi'' Neubauer, Harzhauser, Kroh, Georgopoulou & Mandic, 2014 * † '' Planorbarius heriacensis'' (Fontannes, 1876) * † '' Planorbarius incrassatus'' (Rambur, 1862) * † '' Planorbarius isseli'' (Sacco, 1886) * † '' Planorbarius mantelli'' (Dunker, 1848) * † '' Planorbarius margoi'' (Lörenthey, 1894) * '' Planorbarius metidjensis'' (Forbes, 1838) * † '' Planorbarius philippei'' (Locard, 1883) * † '' Planorbarius praecorneus'' (Fischer & Tournouër, 1873) * † '' Planorbarius reticulatus'' Roshka, 1973 * † '' Planorbarius romani'' (Jodot, 1958) * † '' Planorbarius royoi (''Jodot, 1958) * † ''

Planorbarius sansaniensis ''Planorbarius'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Planorbidae, the sheep, ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coilin ...

'' (Noulet, 1854) * † '' Planorbarius solidus'' (Thomä, 1845) * † '' Planorbarius striatus'' Roshka, 1973 * † '' Planorbarius sulekianus'' (Brusina, 1874) * † '' Planorbarius thiollieri'' (Michaud, 1855) * † '' Planorbarius turkovici'' (Gorjanović-Kramberger, 1899) * † '' Planorbarius vezici'' (Brusina, 1897) * † '' Planorbarius villatoyensis'' (Jodot, 1958) ;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

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells. Planorbarius_corneus_top

References

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