Species details : Biomphalaria helophila d’Orbigny, 1835

Accepted scientific name:
Biomphalaria helophila d’Orbigny, 1835 (accepted name)
Synonyms:
Planorbis albicans Pfeiffer, 1839 (synonym)
Planorbis dentatus Gould, 1844 (synonym)
Planorbis dentiens Morelet, 1849 (synonym)
Planorbis dentiferus C. B. Adams, 1845 (synonym)
Planorbis stagnicola Morelet, 1851 (synonym)
Tropicorbis shimeki F. C. Baker, 1945 (synonym)
Common names: -
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Mollusca CoL
Class Gastropoda CoL
Order Hygrophila CoL
Superfamily Planorboidea CoL
Family Planorbidae CoL
Genus Biomphalaria CoL
Distribution: Peru, Cuba, Puerto Rica. Suspectible to Schistosoma mansoni.
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Mollusca FW Review, 01-Jan-2005
Source database: MolluscaFW, 2011   90%
Bibliographic citation: Seddon M. & Rowson B. (2025). MolluscaFW: World Checklist of Freshwater Mollusca (version 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource:
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:1743861e-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401