Helisoma anceps

Helisoma anceps
Helisoma anceps Naturalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Helisoma
Species:	H. anceps
Binomial name
Helisoma anceps (Menke, 1830) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Planorbella anceps (Menke, 1830)

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]

Distribution

This species is distributed from Mexico, through the Central United States, to central Canada. ^[2]

It was introduced to Europe. ^[2]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Mexico
• List of non-marine molluscs of the United States
• List of non-marine mollusks of the Indiana Dunes

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

External links

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