Taphius (genus)

Taphius (genus)

Taxobox
name = Taphius


image_caption = "Taphius glabratus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Planorbidae
genus = "Taphius"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Taphius andecolus"
"Taphius glabratus"
"Taphius maya"
"Taphius tenagophilus"
"Taphius peregrinus"

"Taphius" is a genus of freshwater snails. Some authors treat them as a subgenus of "Biomphalaria". This genus of snails is medically important because the snails can carry a parasite which represents a serious disease risk to humans; the snails serve as an intermediate host (vector) for the human parasitic blood fluke.


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