Planorbella is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral, or left-coiling, shells.
| Planorbella | |
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| Planorbella trivolvis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Subfamily: | Planorbinae |
| Tribe: | Helisomatini |
| Genus: | Planorbella Haldeman, 1843[1] |
Ecology
editSpecies in this genus are sometimes hosts for parasites, constituting a link in the pathway of infection for higher animals. For example, some species of Planorbella host rediae and cercariae stages of the parasite Ribeiroia, prior to ultimate infection of the Rough-skinned Newt.[2]
Planorbella are often algae grazers, and in some locations such as oligotrophic sloughs, they may be a dominant element of total ecosystem biomass and hence system integrity.[3]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Planorbella include:[4]
- Planorbella ammon (A. Gould, 1855)
- Planorbella binneyi (Tryon, 1867)
- Planorbella caloderma (Pilsbry, 1923)
- Planorbella campanulata (Say, 1821)
- Planorbella columbiensis (F. C. Baker, 1945)
- Planorbella contrerasi (Pilsbry, 1920)
- Planorbella corpulenta (Say, 1824)
- Planorbella costaricensis (Preston, 1907)
- Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879)
- Planorbella fovealis (Menke, 1830)
- Planorbella magnifica (Pilsbry, 1903)
- †Planorbella multivolvis (Case, 1847)
- Planorbella nigricans (Spix, 1827)
- Planorbella occidentalis (J. G. Cooper, 1870)
- Planorbella oregonensis (Tryon, 1865)
- Planorbella pilsbryi (F. C. Baker, 1926)
- Planorbella pseudotrivolvis (F. C. Baker, 1920)
- Planorbella scalaris (Jay, 1839)
- Planorbella smithii (F. C. Baker, 1912)
- Planorbella subcrenata (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
- Planorbella tenuis (Dunker, 1850)
- Planorbella traskii (I. Lea, 1856)
- Planorbella trivolvis (Say, 1817)
- Planorbella truncata (Miles, 1861)
- Planorbella wyldi (Tristram, 1862)
References
edit- ^ Haldeman (1843). Mon. Fresh Water univ. Moll. U.S. (6): 14.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Rough-skinned Newt ("Taricha granulosa"), GlobalTwitcher, ed. N. Stromberg "Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa ) - - GlobalTwitcher.com". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ Curtis J. Richardson (2008) The Everglades Experiments: Lessons for Ecosystem Restoration
- ^ Vinarski, Maxim (2008). "Planorbella Haldeman, 1843". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 July 2024.