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  • noun zoology Any member of the Planorbidae.

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  • The planorbid snails have evolved an accessory gill, the pseudobranch, that helps them extract oxygen from the water.

    Archive 2006-09-01 AYDIN 2006

  • I am guessing that they are juvenile Helisoma anceps, a planorbid snail family Planorbidae.

    Archive 2006-09-01 AYDIN 2006

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