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Lentorbis carringtoni

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Species of gastropod

Lentorbis carringtoni
Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Lentorbis carringtoni.
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily: Planorboidea
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Lentorbis
Species: L. carringtoni
Binomial name
Lentorbis carringtoni
(de Azevedo et al., 1961)
Synonyms
  • Segmentorbis carringtoni de Azevedo et al., 1961

Lentorbis carringtoni is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

Distribution

Distribution of Lentorbis carringtoni include Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.

Description

All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.

Drawing of everted copulatory organ of Lentorbis carringtoni

References

  1. ^ Appleton C., Darwall W., Kaunda E., Kristensen T. K., Mailosi A. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Lentorbis carringtoni. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Lentorbis carringtoni


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