Helisoma anceps

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]

Helisoma anceps
Helisoma anceps Naturalis
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)

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. "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
  • Turgeon D. D., et al. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26

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


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