Magnificent ramshorn

Magnificent ramshorn
Specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Planorbella
Species: P. magnifica
Binomial name
Planorbella magnifica
(Pilsbry, 1903)

The magnificent ramshorn, scientific name Planorbella magnifica, is a species of small, freshwater, air-breathing snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Bogan A. E. (1996). Planorbella magnifica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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