Segmentorbis kanisaensis

Segmentorbis kanisaensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Segmentorbis kanisaensis
Drawing of apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Segmentorbis kanisaensis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Segmentorbis
Species:
S. kanisaensis
Binomial name
Segmentorbis kanisaensis
(Preston, 1914)
Synonyms[1]
  • Segmentina kanisaensis Preston, 1914
  • Segmentorbis formosa Connolly, 1928

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
  1. 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.


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