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Planorbis corinna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Superorder: | Hygrophila |
Family: | Planorbidae |
Genus: | Planorbis |
Species: | P. corinna |
Binomial name | |
Planorbis corinna Gray, 1850 |
Planorbis corinna is a species of minute, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusc, or micromollusc in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All planorbids have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.
Shell description
This species, like all planorbids, has a sinistral shell. The shell in this species is very minute, discoidal, with four slowly increasing whorls. The shell coloration is greenish-white to light brown. The width of the shell is up to 3.3 mm, and the height is up to 0.8 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Taxon identifiers | |
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Planorbis corinna |
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