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Omphiscola Omphiscola glabra Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade HygrophilaSuperfamily: Lymnaeoidea Family: Lymnaeidae Subfamily: Lymnaeinae Genus: Omphiscola
Rafinesque, 1819[1]Omphiscola is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae.
Distribution
This is an European genus.
Species
Species within the genus include:
- Omphiscola glabra (Müller, 1774) - type species[2]
- Omphiscola reticulata (Gassies, 1867)[2]
References
- ^ Rafinesque C. S. (1819). "Prodrome de 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans 1'intérieur des Etas-Unis d'Amérique, durant 1'année 1818". Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle 88: 417-429. Paris.
- ^ a b "Species in genus Omphiscola". AnimalBase, accessed 31 July 2010.
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