Gyraulus costulatus
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Gyraulus costulatus | |
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Drawing of apical and apertural view of the shell of Gyraulus costulatus. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Gyraulus |
Species: | G. costulatus
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Binomial name | |
Gyraulus costulatus (Krauss, 1848)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Gyraulus costulatus is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Distribution
Gyraulus costulatus is widespread in Africa and distribution of Gyraulus costulatus include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Egypt, mainland of the Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania; Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
Description
All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.
References
- ^ a b c Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Appleton, C.; Ghamizi, M.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K.; Lange, C.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2018). "Gyraulus costulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T165767A120115499. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165767A120115499.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
External links
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