Lymnaea

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Lymnaea
Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent
The large snail is Lymnaea stagnalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Superfamily: Lymnaeoidea
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Lymnaea
Lamarck, 1799[1]
Type species
Helix stagnalis
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
  • Limneus Sandberger, 1875 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Lymnaea)
  • Lymnaea (Kazakhlymnaea) Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1984
  • Lymnaea (Lymnaea) Lamarck, 1799
  • Lymnaeus (incorrect subsequent spelling)

Lymnaea is a

mollusks in the subfamily Lymnaeinae ( of the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.[2]

Some species are used in aquaculture under the name Melantho snails.[3]

Numerous Lymnaea species serve as intermediate hosts for trematodes.[4][5][6]

Lymnaea is the type genus of the family Lymnaeidae.[7]

Species

Species within the genus Lymnaea include:

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Lamarck J. B. P. A. de Monet de. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères génériques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1 [an VII]: 63-91, 1 tableau. Paris.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Lymnaea Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160345 on 2013-06-06
  3. ^ "Aquaculture Law Digest" (PDF). Ohio Department of Natural Resources (undated). Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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  5. ^ "Lymnaea | definition of Lymnaea by Medical dictionary". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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  8. ^ a b c ?taxongenus=302 * in genus Lymnaea (n=3). AnimalBase, accessed 8 April 2011.
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  • Vinarski V.M. (2013) One, two, or several? How many lymnaeid genera are there? Ruthenica 23(1): 41–58.