Lentorbis carringtoni
Lentorbis carringtoni | |
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Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Lentorbis carringtoni. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Hygrophila |
Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Lentorbis |
Species: | L. carringtoni |
Binomial name | |
Lentorbis carringtoni (de Azevedo et al., 1961) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Lentorbis carringtoni is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Distribution
Distribution of Lentorbis carringtoni include Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.[1]
Description
All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.
References
- 1 2 3 Appleton C., Darwall W., Kaunda E., Kristensen T. K., Mailosi A. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Lentorbis carringtoni. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 December 2010.
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