Biomphalaria peregrina is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral.
The distribution of this species is Neotropical and include: Peru, ...
A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:[1]
Biomphalaria Nilotic species complex Biomphalaria straminea complexBiomphalaria straminea
Biomphalaria sp.
Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)
Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)
Biomphalaria peregrina
Biomphalaria peregrina is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
The shell of this species, like all planorbids is sinistral in coiling, but is carried upside down and thus appears to be dextral.
