Helisoma anceps

Helisoma anceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Bulininae
Tribe: Coretini
Genus: Helisoma
Species: H. anceps
Binomial name
Helisoma anceps
(Menke, 1830)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Planorbella anceps (Menke, 1830)

Helisoma anceps,[2] common name the two-ridge rams-horn, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.[3]

Distribution

This species is distributed from Mexico, through the Central United States, to central Canada.[2]

It was introduced to Europe.[2]

See also

References

  1. Menke C. T. (1830). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. Editio altera, auctior et emendatior. pp. I-XVI, 1-168. Pyrmonti. (Uslar).
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Species summary for Helisoma anceps". AnimalBase, last modified 25 March 2011, accessed 7 September 2011.
  3. Bouchet, P. (2011). Helisoma anceps (Menke, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159871 on 2011-04-28

Further reading

"Planorbella anceps". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). 

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