Segmentorbis kanisaensis
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Drawing of apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Segmentorbis kanisaensis. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Mollusca
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Class: | Gastropoda
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Species: | S. kanisaensis
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Binomial name | |
Segmentorbis kanisaensis (, 1914)
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Segmentorbis kanisaensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Distribution[]
Distribution of Segmentorbis kanisaensis include Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.[1]
Description[]
All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.
References[]
- ^ a b c Appleton C., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Nicayenzi F., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Segmentorbis kanisaensis. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Planorbidae
- Gastropods of Africa
- Freshwater snails
- Invertebrates of Equatorial Guinea
- Gastropods described in 1914
- Planorbidae stubs