Isidorella
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Isidorella is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.
Distribution
This genus is endemic to Australia.[2]
Species
Species within this genus include:
- Isidorella newcombi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) - type species[2]
Walker (1988) considered all examined specimen from Australia from this genus as Isidorella newcombi sensu lato.[2]
Ecology
Isidorella snails are grazers-scrapers.[3]
References
- ^ Tate R. (1896). Mollusca. pp. 181-226. In: Spencer W. B. (ed.). Report on the Work of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia, Pt 2 Zoology, 212. London & Melbourne : Melville, Mullen & Slade. (also in volume 1: page 22 and 65.)
- ^ a b c Walker J. C. (1988). "Classification of Australian buliniform planorbids (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". Records of the Australian Museum 40: 61-89. PDF. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.151
- ^ Wahizatul A. A. & Jennings J. T. (2011). "Impact of Exotic Willow Roots (Salix spp.) as Habitat for Aquatic Invertebrate Communities in South Australian Stream". Asian Journal of Biological Sciences 4(5): 428-444. doi:10.3923/ajbs.2011.428.444.
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