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2. Lymnaea stagnalis - Wikipedia

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   Lymnaea stagnalis, better known as the great pond snail, is a species of large air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae. The great pond snail is a model organism to study parasitology, neurology, embryonal development and genetic regulation.

3. Freshwater snail - Wikipedia

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   Latiidae - small limpet-like snails confined to New Zealand. [9] One [5] or three species. Acroloxidae - about 40 species. [5] Lymnaeidae - found worldwide, but are most numerous in temperate and northern regions. [9] These are the dextral (right-handed) pond snails. About 100 species. Planorbidae - "rams horn" snails, with a worldwide ...

4. Viviparus georgianus - Wikipedia

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   Viviparus georgianus, common name the banded mystery snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails. This snail is native to the southeastern United States.

5. Freshwater mollusc - Wikipedia

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   The two major classes of molluscs have representatives in freshwater: the gastropods (snails) and the bivalves (freshwater mussels and clams.) It appears that the other classes within the Phylum Mollusca -the cephalopods , scaphopods , polyplacophorans , etc. - never made the transition from a fully marine environment to a freshwater environment.

6. Viviparus viviparus - Wikipedia

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   This filter-feeding habit makes this snail popular with owners of ponds or aquariums where they are known to consume filamentous algae, some microalgae, cyanophytes and waste solids, and thus help to purify and clarify the water. This species may however carry some parasites.

7. Lymnaeidae - Wikipedia

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   Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a taxonomic family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila. Lymnaeidae is the only family within the superfamily Lymnaeoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 ).