Ceratophallus kisumiensis

Ceratophallus kisumiensis
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
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

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.