The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Gastropoda

(Snails & Limpets)

PLANORBIDAE

Helisoma anceps (Menke)

Two-Ridge Rams-Horn

 

 Photogallery: 

 

 

Synonyms:  Planorbis anceps Menke
                                           (Parks, Cory et al 1938)
                   Planorbis bicarinatus
Say
                                           (Strecker 1908; Sterki 1912)

As Subspecies:
                    H. anceps anceps
                                            (Burch & Tottenham 1980; Burch 1982; Burch 1989)
                         syn:  Planorbis antrosus Condr.
                                                                        (Ferris 1924; Vanata 1926; Longley 1975)

 

 

 

Distribution Citations

1908 Strecker

1912 Sterki

1924 Ferriss
1926 Vanata

1938 Parks Cory et al.

1944 Pilsbry

1960 Branson
1962 Wise
[1968 Murray & Roy]

1972 Cheatum Fullington
         Pratt
1974 RET Inc
1975 Longley

 

1975 Longley
1978 Fullington

[1980 Burch & Tottenham]
[1982 Burch]
1982 Davis MDCC
[1982 Fullington]
[1989 Burch]
1989 Short & Smith

1992 Bayer et al.
1998 Cauble
1998 Howells MDS147

[2008 NatureServe]

 

 

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-prefers permanent streams with rapidly running water (Allen & Cheatum 1961)

-also reported from one or more of the following counties; Caldwell, Blanco, DeWitt, Jackson, Kendall, Lampasas, Lavaca, Refugio, San Patricio, Williamson, Wilson (Wise 1962), the Trinity River (RET Inc 1974), the Nueces River  (Ferriss 1924), and the Big Thicket Area (Parks, Corey et al. 1938)

-collected as fossils in the following counties; Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Cook, Crockett, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Erath, Fayette, Foard, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hardeman, Hall, Hays, Howard, Iion, Kaufman, Kerr, Kimble, Knox, Menard, Moss, Palo Pinto, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves, San Saba, Somerville, Tarrant, Terrel, Terry, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Wichita, Williamson

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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