Lentorbis carringtoni
Appearance
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Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of Lentorbis carringtoni. | |
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Species: | L. carringtoni
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Lentorbis carringtoni (de Azevedo et al., 1961)
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Lentorbis carringtoni is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.
Distribution
[edit]Distribution of Lentorbis carringtoni include Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa.[1]
Description
[edit]All species within family Planorbidae have sinistral shells.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Appleton C., Darwall W., Kaunda E., Kristensen T. K., Mailosi A. & Stensgaard A-S. (2009). Lentorbis carringtoni. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 4 December 2010.