Biomphalaria glabrata
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-27
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=848622 on 2026-08-26
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modified: 2015-05-29T19:24:32Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)
class: Gastropoda
family: Planorbidae
genus: Biomphalaria
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, The Veliger 20(3): 299].
name published in: Beck, H. (1837-1838). Index molluscorum praesentis aevi musei principis augustissimi Christiani Frederici. 124 pp. Hafniae [Copenhagen]. Pp. 1-100 [1837]; 101-124 [1838]; Appendix: 1-8 [June 1837].
name published in: Drouët, H. (1859). Essai sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la Guyane française. Mémoires de la Société Académique de l'Aube. 23: 1-116, plates 1-4.
name published in: Dunker, W. (1850). Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. 1(17): 21-28, 35-62, plates 5-10.
name published in: Germain, L. (1921-1924). Catalogue of the Planorbidae in the Indian Museum (Natural History), Calcutta. Records of the Indian Museum. 21(1): 1-80 (12 December 1921); 21 (2): 81-128 (14 September 1922); 21(3): 129-194 (28 February 1923); 21(4): 195-210, 3 pp. title page; Dates of publication in parts; Table des matières), pl. 1-4. Calcutta.
name published in: Küster, H. C.; Dunker, W.; Clessin, S. (1841-1886). Die Familie der Limnaeiden enthaltend die Genera Planorbis, Limnaeus, Physa und Amphipeplea. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, I.17: Tit.+430 pp., 55 Publication dates after Coan & Kabat, 2017: pp 1-8 [1841]; pl. 1 [1843]; pp. 9-20, pls 2-4, 16 [1844]; pp. 21-28, 35-62, pls 5-10 [1850]; pp 29-24, 35a, 36a [1878]; pp. 63-94, pls 11-15, 17 [1882]; pp. 95-110, pls 18-22 [1883]; pp. 111-222, pls 23-39 [1884]; pp. 223-310, pls 40-50 [1885]; pp. 359-430 [1886]. (pp. 1-28 by Küster, pp. 35-62 by Dunker, and pp. 29-34, 35a-36a and 63-430 by Clessin).
name published in: Lutz, A. (1918). On Brasilian fresh-water shells of the genus Planorbis. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 10(1): 45-61.
name published in: Marshall, W. B. (1926). New fossil fresh-water mollusks from Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 68(2612): 1-4, pl. 1.
name published in: Moricand, J. (1853). Description d'une espèce du genre Planorbis. Journal de Conchyliologie. 4: 37-38.
name published in: Pilsbry, H. A. (1934). Review of the Planorbidae of Florida, with notes on other members of the family. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 86: 29-66.
name published in: Say T. (1818). Account of two new genera, and several new species, of fresh water and land snails. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1: 276-284.
name published in: Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby.
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. II. (1877). Monograph of the genus Planorbis. In: Conchologia iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 20: pls 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [1877, no month date].
name published in: Wagner, J. A. (1827). Testacea fluviatilia quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX [1817-1820] jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis augustissimi suscepto, collegit et pingenda curavit Dr. J. B. de Spix (...), digessit, descripsit et observationibus illustravit Dr. J. A. Wagner. Munich: C. Wolf. pp. i-iv, 1-36, plates 1-29.
name published in year: 1838
name published in year: 1837-1838
name published in year: 1859
name published in year: 1850
name published in year: 1921-1924
name published in year: 1841-1886
name published in year: 1918
name published in year: 1926
name published in year: 1853
name published in year: 1934
name published in year: 1818
name published in year: 1821-1834
name published in year: 1877
name published in year: 1827
parent name usage ID: 718742
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Say, 1818)
specific epithet: glabrata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted