Biomphalaria kuhniana

Biomphalaria kuhniana is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Biomphalaria kuhniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Biomphalaria
Species:	B. kuhniana
Binomial name
Biomphalaria kuhniana (Clessin, 1883)

Shell description

All species within the family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Distribution

Dominica.^[1]

Phylogeny

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of species within the genus Biomphalaria:^[2]

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