Miratesta

Miratesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Superorder:	Hygrophila
Family:	Planorbidae
Genus:	Miratesta ; P. Sarasin & F. Sarasin, 1897

Last updated October 04, 2025

Miratesta is a genus 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.

Miratesta is the type genus of the tribe Miratestini.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Miratesta include:

Miratesta celebensis P. & F. Sarasin, 1898^[3]

References

↑ (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 20: 241-245. page 242.
↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
↑ Bouchet, P. (2000). "Miratesta celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000 e.T13580A4203152. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T13580A4203152.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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[Sarasin_1897-1] (in German) Sarasin P. & Sarasin F. (1897). "Über die Molluskenfauna der großen Süßwasser-Seen von Central-Celebes". Zoologischer Anzeiger 20: 241-245. page 242.

[2] Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.

[3] Bouchet, P. (2000). "Miratesta celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000 e.T13580A4203152. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T13580A4203152.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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