Biology:Hovorbis starmuehlneri

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Hovorbis starmuehlneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
H. starmuehlneri
Binomial name
Hovorbis starmuehlneri
(Brown, 1980)
Synonyms

Afrogyrus starmuehlneri (Brown, 1980)

Hovorbis starmuehlneri 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 Madagascar.

The original generic name was first changed to Africanogyrus in 2007.[3]

References

  • Brown, D.S. (1980). New and little known gastropod species of fresh and brackish waters in Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 46: 208-223. London.
  • Brown D.S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance. London: Taylor and Francis, 607 p. page(s): 189

Wikidata ☰ Q306054 entry