Planorbella_trivolvis

<i>Planorbella trivolvis</i>

Planorbella trivolvis

Species of gastropod

Planorbella trivolvis is a species of freshwater air-breathing 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.

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Description

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells. The width of the shell of this species is up to 18 mm.

Distribution

This pond snail is native to North America, from the Arctic areas of Canada all the way south to Florida. It has also been introduced in other parts of the world.

Habitat

This species prefers habitats with floating water weeds.

Parasites

References

  1. [1]
    Paraense W. L. (September 2003) "Planorbidae, Lymnaeidae and Physidae of Peru (Mollusca: Basommatophora)". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 98(6): 767-771. PDF
  2. [2]
    Reeves W. K., Dillon Jr. R. T. & Dasch G. A. (2008). "Freshwater snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Commonwealth of Dominica with a discussion of their roles in the transmission of parasites". American Malacological Bulletin 24: 59-63. doi:10.4003/0740-2783-24.1.59. PDF Archived 2010-01-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. [3]
    "Maintenance of the life cycle of Echinostoma trivolvis (Trematoda) in dexamethasone-treated ICR mice and laboratory-raised Helisoma trivolvis (Gastropoda)". doi:10.1007/s004360050200.

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