Planorbarius corneus
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Planorbarius corneus, common name the great ramshorn, is a relatively large species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells.[3]
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Planorbarius corneus | |
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A live individual of Planorbarius corneus, carrying the shell with the umbilicus uppermost | |
A shell of Planorbarius corneus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Planorbarius |
Species: | P. corneus |
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Planorbarius corneus | |
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The shell of this species appears to be dextral in coiling, even though it is in fact sinistral or left-handed.