Lymnaea is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lymnaeinae ( of the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.[2]
Lymnaea Temporal range:
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The large snail is Lymnaea stagnalis | |
Scientific 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
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Synonyms[2] | |
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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 within the genus Lymnaea include: