Biomphalaria Preston 1910 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae

Parent taxon: Planorbinae according to F. Cabrera and S. Martínez 2018

See also Cabrera et al. 2016 and Kittle and Portell 2010

Sister taxa: Ancylini, Biomphalariini, Gryaulus, Planorbini, Planorbulini, Segmentinini

Subtaxa: Biomphalaria choanomphala Biomphalaria manya Biomphalaria reversa Biomphalaria sudanica Biomphalaria walteri

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Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Kenya (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Eocene of Argentina (4), France (1), United States (2: Texas, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of Uruguay (5)

Total: 17 collections including 25 occurrences

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