Choanomphalus aorus
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Choanomphalus aorus | |
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an apertural view of the shell of Choanomphalus aorus | |
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: | Choanomphalus |
Species: | C. aorus |
Binomial name | |
Choanomphalus aorus Bourguignat, 1860[2] | |
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.[3]
Description
The width of the shell is 5 mm; the height of the shell is 3 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 May 2014.
- 1 2 (French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Monographie du genre Choanomphalus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, série 2, 12: 527-531. plate 23, fig. 11-15..
- ↑ 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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