Lymnaea

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Lymnaea
Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent
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The large snail is Lymnaea stagnalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Superfamily: Lymnaeoidea
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Lymnaea
Lamarck, 1799 [1]
Type species
Helix stagnalis
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms [2]
  • LimneusSandberger, 1875 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Lymnaea)
  • Lymnaea (Kazakhlymnaea)Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1984
  • Lymnaea (Lymnaea)Lamarck, 1799
  • Lymnaeus (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Lymnaea is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lymnaeinae ( of the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. [2]

Some species are used in aquaculture under the name Melantho snails. [3]

Numerous Lymnaea species serve as intermediate hosts for trematodes. [4] [5] [6]

Lymnaea is the type genus of the family Lymnaeidae. [7]

Species

Species within the genus Lymnaea include:

Synonyms

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lymnaeidae</span> Family of gastropods

Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila.

<i>Radix</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Radix is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropods in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

<i>Stagnicola</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Stagnicola is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

<i>Galba</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Galba is a genus of small air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

References

  1. ↑ Lamarck J. B. P. A. de Monet de. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères génériques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1 [an VII]: 63-91, 1 tableau. Paris.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160345 on 2013-06-06
  3. ↑ "Aquaculture Law Digest" (PDF). Ohio Department of Natural Resources (undated). Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Novobilsky, Adam; Kasny, Martin; Beran, Lubos; Rondelaud, Daniel; Hoglund, Johan (2013). "Lymnaea palustris and Lymnaea fuscus are potential but uncommon intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica in Sweden". Parasit Vectors. 6 (1): 251. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-251 . PMC   3765860 . PMID   23985077.
  5. ↑ "Lymnaea | definition of Lymnaea by Medical dictionary". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Skala, Vladimir; Walker, Anthony; Horak, Petr (January 2020). "Snail defence responses to parasite infection: The Lymnaea stagnalis-Trichobilharzia szidati model" (PDF). Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 102: 103464. doi:10.1016/j.dci.2019.103464. PMID   31402190. S2CID   199540040.
  7. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  8. 1 2 3 ?taxongenus=302 * in genus Lymnaea (n=3). AnimalBase, accessed 8 April 2011.
  9. 1 2 Vinarski M. V., Schniebs K., Glöer P., Son M. O. & Hundsdoerfer A. K. (2012). "The steppe relics: taxonomic study on two lymnaeid species endemic to the former USSR (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 141(1): 67-85. doi : 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/067-085.
  10. ↑ Correa, A. C.; Escobar, J. S.; Durand, P.; Renaud, F. O.; David, P.; Jarne, P.; Pointier, J. P.; Hurtrez-Boussès, S. (2010). "Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10: 381. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-381 . PMC   3013105 . PMID   21143890.
  11. 1 2 3 Bargues, M. D.; Artigas, P.; Mera y Sierra, R. L.; Pointier, J. P.; Mas-Coma, S. (2007). "Characterisation of Lymnaea cubensis, L. Viatrix and L. Neotropica n. Sp., the main vectors of Fasciola hepatica in Latin America, by analysis of their ribosomal and mitochondrial DNA". Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 101 (7): 621–641. doi:10.1179/136485907X229077. PMID   17877881. S2CID   22522986.
  12. ↑ Bargues M. D., Artigas P., Khoubbane M. & Mas-Coma S. (2011). "DNA sequence characterisation and phylogeography of Lymnaea cousini and related * , vectors of fascioliasis in northern Andean countries, with description of L. meridensis n. sp. (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae)". Parasites & Vectors 4: 132. doi : 10.1186/1756-3305-4-132.
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