Planorbella duryi

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.

Planorbella duryi
Apical and apertural view of a shell of Planorbella duryi. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Planorbella
Species:
P. duryi
Binomial name
Planorbella duryi
(Wetherby, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Planorbis (Helisoma) duryi Wetherby, 1879
  • Helisoma duryi (Wetherby, 1879)

Distribution

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

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

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

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

References


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