Planorbis
Sign in to savePlanorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyPlanorbidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded63,377
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Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
==Description== Planorbis shells are flat-coiled and sinistral.
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