Biomphalaria smithi
Species of gastropod
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Biomphalaria smithi is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
| Biomphalaria smithi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Biomphalaria |
| Species: | B. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Biomphalaria smithi Preston, 1910[1] | |
Biomphalaria smithi is the type species of the genus Biomphalaria.[1] The type material is stored in the Natural History Museum.[1]
Distribution
The type locality is the Lake Albert,[1] Uganda.
Shell description
Phylogeny
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[2]
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