Pomatiopsidae
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Pomatiopsidae is a family of small, mainly freshwater snails, (some also occur in other habitats) that have gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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Pomatiopsidae | |
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A live individual of Oncomelania hupensis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
Family: | Pomatiopsidae Stimpson, 1865 |
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Pomatiopsidae are well known as intermediate hosts of Asian schistosomes.[1]