Segmentorbis

Segmentorbis
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
Mandahl-Barth, 1954[1]

Segmentorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Distribution

Distribution of Segmentorbis include Africa.

Species

Species within this genus include:

References

  1. Mandahl-Barth (1954). Ann. Mus. Congo belge (Sér. 8) Sci. zool., 32: 94.
  2. Appleton C., Jørgensen A., Kristensen T. K., Lange C., Stensgaard A-S. & Van Damme D. (2009). Segmentorbis angustus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
  3. 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>. Downloaded on 3 December 2010.
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