Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Pulmonata > Order Hygrophila > Superfamily Planorboidea > Family Planorbidae > Genus Bathyomphalus

Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Helix Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathyomphalus*	Charpentier, 1837	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Helix contortus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: riempje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: twisted ramshorn sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Twisted Ramshorn sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: remskivsnäcka

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Bathyomphalus contortus. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248261

Ruud A. Bank. Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=430521