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Choanomphalus amauronius

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Species of gastropod

Choanomphalus amauronius
An apertural view of the shell of Choanomphalus amauronius amauronius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Choanomphalus
Species: C. amauronius
Binomial name
Choanomphalus amauronius
Bourguignat, 1860
Synonyms

Valvatomphalus angulatus B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1925
Choanomphalus (Achoanomphalis) amauronius westerlundianus Lindholm, 1909

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

Subspecies

  • Choanomphalus amauronius amauronius Bourguignat, 1860
  • Choanomphalus amauronius angulatus (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1925)
  • Choanomphalus amauronius westerlundianus Lindholm, 1909 The subspecific name westerlundianus is in honor of Swedish malacologist Carl Agardh Westerlund.

Distribution

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

Description

The width of the shell is 5–6 mm. The height of the shell is 4 mm.

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

References

  1. ^ (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Monographie du genre Choanomphalus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, série 2, 12: 527–531. plate 23, fig. 6–8.
  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.
  3. (in Polish) Dybowski B. & Grochmalicki J. (1925). "Przyczynki doo znajomości mięczaków jeziora Bajkalskiego. (Contributions à la connaissance des Mollusques du lac Baical)". Wladislaviidae nom. fam. Kosmos (Lwow), 50: 819–881. page 878, figs. 29–31.
  4. ^ (in German) Lindholm W. A. (1909). "Die Mollusken des Baikal-Sees (Gastropoda et Pelecypoda) systematisch und zoogeographisch bearb". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer zoologische Expedition nach dem Baikal-See unter Leitung des Prof. Alexis Korotneff i. d. J. 1900-1902, 4. Kiew und Berlin, Fridländer und Sohn: 1–104. page 20–21, plate 2, fig. 1, 3.

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Taxon identifiers
Choanomphalus amauronius
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