Detailed Record for Biomphalaria glabrata

Common Name: Snail

Taxonomy: Phylum Mollusca / Class Gastropoda / Sub Class Pulmonata / Order Basommatophora / Family Planorbidae / Genus Biomphalaria

C-value (pg): 0.95

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Haemocytes

Standard Species: Gallus domesticus = 1.25pg

References:
Gregory, T.R. (2003b). Genome size estimates for two important freshwater molluscs, the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and the schistosomiasis vector snail (Biomphalaria glabrata). Genome 46: 841-844.

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