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apical and apertural view of the shell of Biomphalaria havanensis
Scientific classification

Biomphalaria havanensis, common name the ghost rams-horn, 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.

Distribution

Biomphalaria havanensis is a Neotropical species.

Distribution of Biomphalaria havanensis include:

Cuba

It was found as a native transplant in:

pond near Snake River in Twin Falls County, Idaho in 1991.
Guadalupe River, Kerr County, Texas

Phylogeny

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of species in the genus Biomphalaria:

Biomphalaria

	Biomphalaria stanleyi

	Biomphalaria pfeifferi

Biomphalaria camerunensis

Nilotic species complex

	Biomphalaria sudanica

	Biomphalaria choanomphala

Biomphalaria alexandrina

Biomphalaria smithi

Biomphalaria glabrata

Biomphalaria straminea complex

	Biomphalaria kuhniana

	Biomphalaria straminea

	Biomphalaria straminea

	Biomphalaria intermedia

	Biomphalaria amazonica

	Biomphalaria sp.

	Biomphalaria tenagophila

	Biomphalaria occidentalis

	Biomphalaria prona

	Biomphalaria andecola

Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)

	Biomphalaria sp. (? Biomphalaria havanensis)

	Biomphalaria temascalensis

Biomphalaria obstructa

Biomphalaria helophila

Biomphalaria peregrina

Biomphalaria schrammi

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