Choanomphalus aorus
| Choanomphalus aorus | |
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| an apertural view of the shell of Choanomphalus aorus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Superorder: | Hygrophila |
| Family: | Planorbidae |
| Genus: | Choanomphalus |
| Species: | C. aorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Choanomphalus aorus Bourguignat, 1860[1] | |
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
This species is found in Lake Baikal, Russia and in Angara River.[2]
Description
The width of the shell is 5 mm; the height of the shell is 3 mm.[1]
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References
- 1 2 (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. (March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories" (PDF). Ruthenica. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012.
External links
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