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Ghost Ramshorn

Biomphalaria havanensis

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Biomphalaria havanensis, common name the ghost rams-horn, is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral. Distribution Biomphalaria havanensis is a Neotropical species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 6Cuba · 1