Definitions
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- noun zoology Any member of the Planorbidae.
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Examples
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The planorbid snails have evolved an accessory gill, the pseudobranch, that helps them extract oxygen from the water.
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I am guessing that they are juvenile Helisoma anceps, a planorbid snail family Planorbidae.
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