Lentorbis
Appearance
| Lentorbis | |
|---|---|
| Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Lentorbis carringtoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Lentorbis Mandahl-Barth, 1954[1] |
Lentorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.
Distribution
[edit]This genus lives in Africa.
Species
[edit]Species within this genus include:[2]
- Lentorbis benguelensis (Dunker, 1845)
- Lentorbis carringtoni (de Azevedo et al., 1961)[3]
- Lentorbis junodi (Connolly, 1922)[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Mandahl-Barth (1954). "The freshwater Mollusks of Uganda and adjacent territories". Annalen van het Koninklijk Museum van Belgisch - Congo = Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge. (Sér. 8) Sciences zoologiques. 32: 92.
- ↑ "Lentorbis Mandahl-Barth, 1954". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
- ↑ Appleton, C.; Darwall, W.; Kaunda, E.; Kristensen, T.K.; Mailosi, A.; Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Lentorbis carringtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T63440A12675517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T63440A12675517.en. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ Albrecht, C.; Clewing, C.; Lange, C. (2018). "Lentorbis junodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T165787A120115897. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T165787A120115897.en. Retrieved 5 July 2024.