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Planorbella duryi

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Planorbella duryi
Apical and apertural view of a shell of Planorbella duryi. Scale bar is 10 mm.
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P. duryi
Binomial name
Planorbella duryi
(Wetherby, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Planorbis (Helisoma) duryi Wetherby, 1879
  • Helisoma duryi (Wetherby, 1879)

Planorbella duryi, common name the Seminole rams-horn, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Distribution

This species of snail is endemic to Florida, United States. [1]

It has been introduced to Hawaii and lives in the wild there. [2]

It is an introduced species in various European islands and countries including: [3]

  • Great Britain as a "hothouse alien"
  • Ireland as a "hothouse alien"
  • Poland
  • Hungary
  • Parts of Southern Nigeria [e.g Ogun State, Lagos, Oyo]

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