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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Ghost rams-horn | |
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| apical and apertural view of the shell of Biomphalaria havanensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Biomphalaria |
| Species: | B. havanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Biomphalaria havanensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) | |
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:
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[4]
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