Biomphalaria havanensis
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| Ghost rams-horn | |
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| apical and apertural view of the shell of Biomphalaria havanensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Biomphalaria |
| Species: | B. havanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Biomphalaria havanensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) | |
Biomphalaria havanensis, common name the ghost rams-horn, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral.
Biomphalaria havanensis is a Neotropical species.
Distribution of Biomphalaria havanensis include:
It was found as a native transplant in:
- pond near Snake River in Twin Falls County, Idaho in 1991.[3]
- Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas[4]
