Biology:Hovorbis rodriguezensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Hovorbis rodriguezensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
H. rodriguezensis
Binomial name
Hovorbis rodriguezensis
(Crosse, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Africanogyrus rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873)
  • Afrogyrus rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873)
  • Planorbis rodriguezensis Crosse, 1873 (original combination)

Hovorbis rodriguezensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Mauritius.

This species' generic name was first changed to Africanogyrus in 2007.[3]

References

  • Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q306025 entry