pond snail

British

noun

a general term for the freshwater snails: often specifically for the great pond snail ( Limnaea stagnalis ) and others of that genus. L. truncatula is a host of the liver fluke

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While used in pond snail embryos for this study, the authors say the model has broad applicability across all species, and they provide comprehensive scripts and documentation for applying Dev-ResNet in different biological systems.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

Explain.How many tentacles has a pond snail? a land snail?

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Lucas, Frederic

Limnea involuta.—A pond snail with a small polished amber-coloured shell found only in a small alpine lake and its inflowing stream on Cromagloun mountain near the lakes of Killarney.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel

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