Galba cubensis

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Galba cubensis
Fossaria cubensis shell.png
shells of Galba cubensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Galba
Species:
G. cubensis
Binomial name
Galba cubensis
(Pfeiffer, 1839)
Synonyms [1]

Lymnaea cubensis
Bakerilymnaea cubensis
Fossaria cubensis

Galba cubensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Distribution

Galba cubensis is native to parts of South America, Mexico, the southern Coastal Plain of North America, and the West Indies, [2] including Cuba. [3]

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References

  1. "Galba cubensis". Taxonomy browser, accessed 15 September 2012.
  2. Dillon, R. T. Jr.; M. Ashton; M. Kohl; W. Reeves; T. Smith; T. Stewart & B. Watson (2013). "Lymnaea (Fossaria) cubensis". The freshwater gastropods of North America. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  3. Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.