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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lymnaeidae

Scientific name
  
Lymnaea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Lymnaeoidea

Subfamily
  
Lymnaeinae

Higher classification
  
Lymnaeidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Lymnaea stagnalis, Lymnaea fusca, Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni

Lymnaea is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Some species are used in aquaculture under the name Melantho snails.

Lymnaea Fact Sheet Lymnaeidae

Lymnaea is the type genus of the family Lymnaeidae.

Species

Species within the genus Lymnaea include:

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  • Lymnaea acuminata
  • Lymnaea atkaensis Dall, 1884 - frigid lymnaea
  • Lymnaea cailliaudi
  • Lymnaea fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lymnaea meridensis Bargues, Artigas & Mas-Coma, 2011
  • Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - great pond snail, type species
  • Lymnaea taurica (Clessin, 1880)
  • Lymnaea taurica kazakensis Mozley, 1934
  • Lymnaea tomentosa Pfeiffer, 1855
  • Lymnaea tomentosa hamiltoni Dell, 1956
  • Lymnaea vulnerata Küster, 1862
    • Synonyms
    Lymnaea Fact Sheet Lymnaeidae

  • Lymnaea (Stagnicola): synonym of Stagnicola Jeffreys, 1830
  • Lymnaea arctica Lea, 1864: synonym of Stagnicola arctica (Lea, 1864)
  • Lymnaea aruntalis Cotton & Godfrey, 1938: synonym of Austropeplea tomentosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Lymnaea auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Limnaea brevispira Martens, 1897: synonym of Bullastra brevispira (Martens, 1897)
  • Lymnaea bulimoides Lea, 1841: synonym of Sphaerogalba bulimoides (Lea, 1841)
  • Lymnaea bulla Kobelt, 1881: synonym of Cerasina bulla (Kobelt, 1881)
  • Lymnaea catascopium Say, 1816: synonym of Stagnicola catascopium (Say, 1816)
  • Lymnaea catascopium Say, 1817: synonym of Ladislavella catascopium (Say, 1817)
  • Lymnaea chereshnevi Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989 : synonym of Radix chereshnevi (Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989)
  • Lymnaea columella: synonym of Pseudosuccinea columella
  • Lymnaea cousini: synonym of Galba cousini
  • Lymnaea cubensis is a synonyms of Galba cubensis
  • Lymnaea diaphana King [in King & Broderip], 1832: synonym of Pectinidens diaphanus (King [in King & Broderip], 1832)
  • Lymnaea elodes Say, 1821: synonym of Ladislavella elodes (Say, 1821)
  • Lymnaea emarginata Say, 1821: synonym of Ladislavella emarginata (Say, 1821)
  • Lymnaea fusca (C. Pfeiffer, 1821): synonym of Stagnicola fuscus (C. Pfeiffer, 1821
  • Lymnaea gebleri Middendorff, 1851: synonym of Radix gebleri (Middendorff, 1851)
  • Lymnaea gracilis Jay, 1839: synonym of Acella haldemani (Binney, 1867)
  • Lymnaea hadutkae Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989: synonym of Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lymnaea haldemani Binney, 1867: synonym of Acella haldemani (Binney, 1867)
  • Lymnaea heptapotamica Lazareva, 1967: synonym of Orientogalba hookeri (Reeve, 1850)
  • Lymnaea hookeri Reeve, 1850: synonym of Orientogalba hookeri (Reeve, 1850)
  • Lymnaea involuta Thompson, 1840: synonym of Myxas glutinosa (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Lymnaea luteola: synonym of Radix luteola
  • Lymnaea magadanensis Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1985: synonym of Pacifimyxas magadanensis (Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1985)
  • Lymnaea megasoma Say, 1824: synonym of Bulimnea megasoma (Say, 1824)
  • Lymnaea natalensis: synonym of Radix natalensis
  • Lymnaea neotropica Bargues et al., 2007: synonym of Galba neotropica
  • Lymnaea ovata: synonym of Radix balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lymnaea ovata var. amnicola Westerlund, 1890: synonym of Radix balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lymnaea palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Stagnicola palustris (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Lymnaea parva I. Lea, 1841: synonym of Fossaria parva (I. Lea, 1841)
  • Lymnaea peculiaris Hubendick, 1951: synonym of Limnobulla peculiaris (Hubendick, 1951)
  • Lymnaea peregra (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Radix peregra (O. F. Müller, 1774) - wandering snail
  • Lymnaea rubella Lea, 1841: synonym of Pseudisidora rubella (Lea, 1841)
  • Lymnaea rubiginosa Michelin, 1831: synonym of Radix rubiginosa (Michelin, 1831)
  • Lymnaea rufescens Gray, 1822: synonym of Radix rufescens (Gray, 1822)
  • Lymnaea schelechovi Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989: synonym of Radix schelechovi'' (Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989)
  • Lymnaea thermokamtschatica Kruglov & Starobogatov, 1989: synonym of Radix auricularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lymnaea truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Lymnaea vahlii Möller, 1842: synonym of Walhiana vahlii (Möller, 1842)
  • Limnaea viatrix: synonym of Galba viatrix
  • † Lymnaea (Galba) kreutzii var. subfusca Łomnicki, 1886 : synonym of † Stagnicola kreutzii (Łomnicki, 1886)
  • Limneus kamtschaticus Middendorff, 1851 : synonym of Radix kamtschatica (Middendorff, 1851)
  • Limneus minutus Draparnaud, 1805 : synonym of Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Limneus ovatus Draparnaud, 1805 : synonym of Radix balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Limneus parchappii d'Orbigny, 1835 : synonym of Chilina parchappii (d'Orbigny, 1835)
  • Limnaeus amygdalum Troschel, 1837: synonym of Radix rufescens (Gray, 1822)

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    References

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