Biomphalaria smithi is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Biomphalaria |
Species: | B. smithi
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Binomial name | |
Biomphalaria smithi Preston, 1910[1]
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Biomphalaria smithi is the type species of the genus Biomphalaria.[1] The type material is stored in the Natural History Museum.[1]
The type locality is the Lake Albert,[1] Uganda.
The width of the shell is from 7.5 mm to 9.5. The height of the shell is 4 mm.[1] The height of the aperture is 5 mm. The width of the aperture is 4.5 mm.[1]
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[2]
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