Choanomphalus amauronius

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Choanomphalus amauronius
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An apertural view of the shell of Choanomphalus amauronius amauronius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Hygrophila
Family: Planorbidae
Genus: Choanomphalus
Species:
C. amauronius
Binomial name
Choanomphalus amauronius
Synonyms [2]

Valvatomphalus angulatus B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1925
Choanomphalus (Achoanomphalis) amauronius westerlundianus Lindholm, 1909

Contents

Choanomphalus amauronius is a species of freshwater air-breathing snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids.

Subspecies

Distribution

This species is found in Lake Baikal, Russia and in Angara River. [2]

Description

The width of the shell is 5–6 mm. [1] The height of the shell is 4 mm. [1]

Apical view of the shell. Choanomphalus amauronius amauronius shell 2.png
Apical view of the shell.
Umbilical view of the shell. Choanomphalus amauronius amauronius shell 3.png
Umbilical view of the shell.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 (in French) Bourguignat J. R. (1860). "Monographie du genre Choanomphalus". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie , série 2, 12: 527–531. plate 23, fig. 6–8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1.
  3. (in Polish) Dybowski B. & Grochmalicki J. (1925). "Przyczynki doo znajomości mięczaków jeziora Bajkalskiego. (Contributions à la connaissance des Mollusques du lac Baical)". Wladislaviidae nom. fam. Kosmos (Lwow), 50: 819–881. page 878, figs. 29–31.
  4. 1 2 (in German) Lindholm W. A. (1909). "Die Mollusken des Baikal-Sees (Gastropoda et Pelecypoda) systematisch und zoogeographisch bearb". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer zoologische Expedition nach dem Baikal-See unter Leitung des Prof. Alexis Korotneff i. d. J. 1900-1902, 4. Kiew und Berlin, Fridländer und Sohn: 1–104. page 20–21, plate 2, fig. 1, 3.

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