Ceratophallus kisumiensis

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Ceratophallus kisumiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Ceratophallus
Species:
C. kisumiensis
Binomial name
Ceratophallus kisumiensis
(Preston, 1912)

Ceratophallus kisumiensis is a species of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.

This species is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and intermittent freshwater lakes.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Van Damme, D.; Lange, C. (2017). "Ceratophallus kisumiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T44230A110777002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T44230A110777002.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.