Portal:Gastropods/Did you know/10

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  Semisulcospira kurodai

  ... that the Semisulcospiridae (Semisulcospira kurodai pictured) attained family level in 2009?

• ... that there have been many significant changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005?

• ... that the liver fluke species Fasciola gigantica is transferred to mammals by freshwater snails in the family Lymnaeidae?

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  Amphidromus perversus

  ... that shells of Amphidromus (Amphidromus perversus pictured) were among the first Indonesian land snails brought to Europe?

• ... that the nerite Bathynerita naticoidea lives in submarine oil seeps in the northern Gulf of Mexico?