ramshorn snail

ramshorn snail
noun

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  • Ramshorn snail — The term ramshorn snail is used in the aquarium trade to describe any kind of snail whose shell is planispiral, meaning that it is a flat coil. Such shells resemble a coil of rope, or (as the name suggests) a ram s horn.Physical descriptionMost… …   Wikipedia

  • ramshorn snail — [ ramzhɔ:n] noun a freshwater snail with a flat spiral shell. [Family Planorbidae: many species.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • ramshorn — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also ramshorn snail : a snail of the genus Planorbis often used as a scavenger in aquariums …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Acorn ramshorn — Taxobox name = Acorn ramshorn status = EX | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Basommatophora familia = Planorbidae genus = Planorbella species = P. multivolvis binomial = Planorbella… …   Wikipedia

  • great ramshorn — noun Planorbarius corneus, a freshwater air breathing snail …   Wiktionary

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  • Marisa — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Marisa cornuarietis Clasificación científica Reino …   Wikipedia Español

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