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Coppery Ramshorn

Antillorbis aeruginosus

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Antillorbis aeruginosus, also called the rusty ramshorn or coppery ramshorn, is a small species of freshwater planorbid snail from Central and North America. Globally, the species is doing well and is considered secure, but on the island of Martinique it is critically endangered. Taxonomy This species was originally described by Arthur Morelet in 1851 as Planorbis aeruginosus.

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