Galba cubensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Genus: | Galba |
| Species: | G. cubensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Galba cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1839)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lymnaea cubensis | |
Distribution
editGalba cubensis is native to parts of South America, Mexico, the southern Coastal Plain of North America, and the West Indies,[2] including Cuba.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Galba cubensis". Taxonomy browser, accessed 15 September 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.
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