Galba truncatula

Galba truncatula
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Lymnaeidae
Genus: Galba
Species:
G. truncatula
Binomial name
Galba truncatula
Synonyms
  • Buccinum truncatulum O. F. Müller, 1774 (original combination)
  • Galba truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Lymnaea (Galba) truncatula (Müller, 1774)
  • Lymnaea truncatula (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Galba truncatula (previously: Lymnaea truncatula) is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Galba truncatula is the vector mainly involved in fascioliasis transmission to humans.