Planorbarius

Planorbarius
A live individual of Planorbarius corneus carrying the shell with the umbilicus uppermost as normal
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Subfamily:	Planorbinae
Tribe:	Coretini
Genus:	Planorbarius Duméril, 1806[1]
Type species
Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Coretus Gray, 1847 (junior synonym) Planorbis (Coretus) Gray, 1847

Planorbarius is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells.[2]

Species

Species within this genus include:

• † Planorbarius barettii (Sacco, 1886)
• † Planorbarius borellii (Brusina, 1892)
• Planorbarius corneus (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
• † Planorbarius cornu (Brongniart, 1810)
• † Planorbarius cornucopia (Baily, 1858)
• † Planorbarius crassus (Serres, 1844)
• † Planorbarius garsdorfensis Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
• † Planorbarius halavatsi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Kroh, Georgopoulou & Mandic, 2014
• † Planorbarius heriacensis (Fontannes, 1876)
• † Planorbarius incrassatus (Rambur, 1862)
• † Planorbarius isseli (Sacco, 1886)
• † Planorbarius mantelli (Dunker, 1848)
• † Planorbarius margoi (Lörenthey, 1894)
• Planorbarius metidjensis (Forbes, 1838)
• † Planorbarius philippei (Locard, 1883)
• † Planorbarius praecorneus (Fischer & Tournouër, 1873)
• † Planorbarius reticulatus Roshka, 1973
• † Planorbarius romani (Jodot, 1958)
• † Planorbarius royoi (Jodot, 1958)
• † Planorbarius sansaniensis (Noulet, 1854)
• † Planorbarius solidus (Thomä, 1845)
• † Planorbarius striatus Roshka, 1973
• † Planorbarius sulekianus (Brusina, 1874)
• † Planorbarius thiollieri (Michaud, 1855)
• † Planorbarius turkovici (Gorjanović-Kramberger, 1899)
• † Planorbarius vezici (Brusina, 1897)
• † Planorbarius villatoyensis (Jodot, 1958)

Species brought into synonymy

• † Planorbarius borelli (Brusina, 1892): synonym of † Planorbarius borellii (Brusina, 1892)
• † Planorbarius cornus (Brongniart, 1810): synonym of † Planorbarius cornu (Brongniart, 1810)
• † Planorbarius grandis (Halaváts, 1903): synonym of † Planorbarius halavatsi Neubauer, Harzhauser, Kroh, Georgopoulou & Mandic, 2014
• † Planorbarius thiollierei (Michaud, 1855): synonym of † Planorbarius thiollieri (Michaud, 1855)

Description

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Planorbarius corneus. View of the sunken spire (held facing downwards in life)

Planorbarius corneus. View of umbilicus (held uppermost in life)

References

1. Duméril A. M. C. (1806). Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. pp. i-xxxiii [= 1-33], 1–344. Paris. (Allais).
2. Neubauer, Thomas A.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Planorbarius Duméril, 1805. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818481 on 2014-11-19
3. Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. - Vermes. Testacea: 700-781. Holmiae. (Salvius).

External links

• AnimalBase info at: [1]