Omphiscola is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing, freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae.
| Omphiscola | |
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| Omphiscola glabra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Lymnaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lymnaeinae |
| Genus: | Omphiscola Rafinesque, 1819[1] |
Distribution
editThis is a European genus.
Species
editSpecies within the genus include:[2]
- Omphiscola glabra (Müller, 1774) - type species[3]
- Omphiscola pugio Beck, 1838
- Omphiscola reticulata (Gassies, 1867)
References
edit- ^ 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). 88. Paris: 417–429.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Omphiscola Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724437 on 2023-10-26
- ^ "Species in genus Omphiscola". AnimalBase, accessed 31 July 2010.
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