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Biomphalaria
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Biomphalaria

Biomphalaria is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.

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33 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Biomphalaria obstructa

speciesBiomphalaria obstructa

Biomphalaria peregrina

speciesBiomphalaria peregrina

Pfeiffer's Ramshorn Snail

speciesBiomphalaria pfeifferi

Biomphalaria tenagophila

speciesBiomphalaria tenagophila

Biomphalaria andecola

speciesBiomphalaria andecola

Ghost Ramshorn

speciesBiomphalaria havanensis

Biomphalaria glabrata

speciesBiomphalaria glabrata

Biomphalaria occidentalis

speciesBiomphalaria occidentalis

Biomphalaria costata

speciesBiomphalaria costata

Biomphalaria straminea

speciesBiomphalaria straminea

Biomphalaria sudanica

speciesBiomphalaria sudanica

Biomphalaria schrammi

speciesBiomphalaria schrammi

Biomphalaria helophila

speciesBiomphalaria helophila

Biomphalaria raimondi

speciesBiomphalaria raimondi

Biomphalaria thermala

speciesBiomphalaria thermala

Biomphalaria alexandrina

speciesBiomphalaria alexandrina

Biomphalaria angulosa

speciesBiomphalaria angulosa

Biomphalaria barthi

speciesBiomphalaria barthi

Biomphalaria camerunensis

speciesBiomphalaria camerunensis

Biomphalaria choanomphala

speciesBiomphalaria choanomphala

Biomphalaria rhodesiensis

speciesBiomphalaria rhodesiensis

Biomphalaria smithi

speciesBiomphalaria smithi

Biomphalaria stanleyi

speciesBiomphalaria stanleyi

Biomphalaria arabica

speciesBiomphalaria arabica

Biomphalaria belizensis

speciesBiomphalaria belizensis

Biomphalaria boucardianus

speciesBiomphalaria boucardianus

Biomphalaria gracilenta

speciesBiomphalaria gracilenta

Biomphalaria orbicula

speciesBiomphalaria orbicula

Biomphalaria petenensis

speciesBiomphalaria petenensis

Biomphalaria subprona

speciesBiomphalaria subprona

Biomphalaria tepicensis

speciesBiomphalaria tepicensis

Biomphalaria kuhniana

speciesBiomphalaria kuhniana

Biomphalaria intermedia

speciesBiomphalaria intermedia

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86976.