Galba cubensis

Galba cubensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Galba cubensis
shells of Galba cubensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Lymnaeoidea
Family:
Lymnaeidae
Genus:
Galba
Species:
G. cubensis
Binomial name
Galba cubensis
(Pfeiffer, 1839)
Synonyms[1]

Lymnaea cubensis
Bakerilymnaea cubensis
Fossaria cubensis

Distribution

Galba cubensis is native to parts of South America, Mexico, the southern Coastal Plain of North America, and the West Indies,[2] including Cuba.[3]

References
  1. "Galba cubensis". Taxonomy browser, accessed 15 September 2012.
  2. Dillon, R. T. Jr.; M. Ashton; M. Kohl; W. Reeves; T. Smith; T. Stewart & B. Watson (2013). "Lymnaea (Fossaria) cubensis". The freshwater gastropods of North America. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  3. Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.


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