Ceratophallus socotrensis

Ceratophallus socotrensis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. The snails in this species have sinistral or left-coiling shells. This species is endemic to Socotra, Yemen.

Ceratophallus socotrensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Ceratophallus
Species:
C. socotrensis
Binomial name
Ceratophallus socotrensis

References
  1. Van Damme, D. & Neubert, E. (2012). "Ceratophallus socotrensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T4177A16823213. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T4177A16823213.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.


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