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Biomphalaria salinarum

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Biomphalaria salinarum is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Phylum:Mollusca
Superorder:Hygrophila
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Biomphalaria salinarum
Shell of Biomphalaria salinarum (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Biomphalaria
Species:
B. salinarum
Binomial name
Biomphalaria salinarum
(Morelet, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Planorbis salinarum Morelet, 1868
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This is a taxon inquirendum.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and South Africa.[2]

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