Choanomphalus aorus
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Species of gastropod
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| Choanomphalus aorus | |
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| an apertural view of the shell of Choanomphalus aorus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Choanomphalus |
| Species: | C. aorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Choanomphalus aorus Bourguignat, 1860[1]
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Choanomphalus aorus is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids.
Distribution
[edit ]This species is found in Lake Baikal, Russia and in Angara River.[2]
Description
[edit ]The width of the shell is 5 mm; the height of the shell is 3 mm.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Monographie du genre Choanomphalus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie , série 2, 12: 527-531. plate 23, fig. 11-15.
- ^ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Choanomphalus aorus at Wikimedia Commons
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