Planorbarius

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image = Posthornschnecke1.jpg

| image_caption = A live individual of Planorbarius corneus carrying the shell with the umbilicus uppermost as normal

| taxon = Planorbarius

| authority = Duméril, 1806Duméril A. M. C. (1806). Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. pp. i-xxxiii [= 1-33], 1–344. Paris. (Allais).

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| type_species= Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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| synonyms=

  • Coretus Gray, 1847 (junior synonym)
  • Planorbis (Coretus) Gray, 1847

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Planorbarius is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells.Neubauer, Thomas A.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Planorbarius Duméril, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818481 on 2014-11-19

Species

Species within this genus include:

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Planorbarius borelli (Brusina, 1892): synonym of † Planorbarius borellii (Brusina, 1892)
  • Planorbarius cornus (Brongniart, 1810): synonym of † Planorbarius cornu (Brongniart, 1810)
  • Planorbarius grandis (Halaváts, 1903): synonym of † Planorbarius halavatsi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Kroh, Georgopoulou & Mandic, 2014
  • Planorbarius thiollierei (Michaud, 1855): synonym of † Planorbarius thiollieri (Michaud, 1855)

Description

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

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