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Choanomphalus aorus
an apertural view of the shell of Choanomphalus aorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Choanomphalus
Species:
C. aorus
Binomial name
Choanomphalus aorus

Choanomphalus aorus is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids.

Distribution

This species is found in Lake Baikal, Russia and in Angara River. [2]

Description

The width of the shell is 5 mm; the height of the shell is 3 mm. [1]

Apical view of the shell.
Umbilical view of the shell.

References

  1. ^ a b (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Monographie du genre Choanomphalus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, série 2, 12: 527-531. plate 23, fig. 11-15.
  2. ^ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Choanomphalus aorus
an apertural view of the shell of Choanomphalus aorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Choanomphalus
Species:
C. aorus
Binomial name
Choanomphalus aorus

Choanomphalus aorus is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids.

Distribution

This species is found in Lake Baikal, Russia and in Angara River. [2]

Description

The width of the shell is 5 mm; the height of the shell is 3 mm. [1]

Apical view of the shell.
Umbilical view of the shell.

References

  1. ^ a b (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Monographie du genre Choanomphalus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, série 2, 12: 527-531. plate 23, fig. 11-15.
  2. ^ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.



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