Hovorbis rodriguezensis

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Hovorbis rodriguezensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Hygrophila
Superfamily:
Planorboidea
Family:
Planorbidae
Genus:
Hovorbis
Species:
H. rodriguezensis
Binomial name
Hovorbis rodriguezensis
(Crosse, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Africanogyrus rodriguezensis(Crosse, 1873)
  • Afrogyrus rodriguezensis(Crosse, 1873)
  • Planorbis rodriguezensisCrosse, 1873 (original combination)

Hovorbis rodriguezensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails and their allies. [2]

Contents

Distribution

This species is endemic to Mauritius.

This species' generic name was first changed to Africanogyrus in 2007. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Van Damme, D. (2016). "Africanogyrus rodriguezensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T618A91287686. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T618A91287686.en .
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Hovorbis rodriguezensis (Crosse, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1245309 on 2019-01-15
  3. ↑ Özdikmen, H.; Darilmaz, M. B. (2007). "Africanogyrus nom. n., a replacement name for the preoccupied snail genus Afrogyrus Brown & Mandahl-Barth, 1973 (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)". African Invertebrates . 48 (2): 259–260. Archived from the original on 2008-01-05.
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