Omphiscola

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Omphiscola
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Omphiscola glabra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Subfamily: Lymnaeinae
Genus: Omphiscola
Rafinesque, 1819 [1]

Omphiscola is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae.

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Distribution

This is a European genus.

Species

Species within the genus include: [2]

Nomen nudum
Species inquirenda

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References

  1. Rafinesque C. S. (1819). "Prodrome de 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des États-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818". Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle (in French). Paris. 88: 417-429.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Omphiscola Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724437 on 2023-10-26
  3. "Species in genus Omphiscola". AnimalBase, accessed 31 July 2010.