Gyraulus mauritianus

Gyraulus mauritianus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Subfamily: Planorbinae
Tribe: Planorbini
Genus: Gyraulus
Species: G. mauritianus
Binomial name
Gyraulus mauritianus
(Morelet, 1876)
Synonyms

Planorbis mauritianus Morelet, 1876

Gyraulus mauritianus is a species of small, mostly air-breathing, freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails. This species is endemic to Mauritius.

References

  1. Brown D. S. (1996). Gyraulus mauritianus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.