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Genus of gastropods

Lentorbis
Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Lentorbis carringtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Lentorbis
Mandahl-Barth, 1954

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

This genus lives in Africa.

Species

Species within this genus include:

References

  1. Mandahl-Barth (1954). Ann. Mus. Congo belge (SÊr. 8) Sci. Zool., 32: 92.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Lentorbis


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